William Johnson Jr.
Personal
Birthday:
12/27/1771
Birthplace:
St. James Goose Creek, SC
Date of Death:
8/4/1834
Place of Death:
Brooklyn, NY
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, South Carolina, 1793-1794
State representative, South Carolina, 1794-1799; speaker, 1798-1799
Judge, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, 1799-1804
Education
Name of School:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1790
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1793 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
Thomas Jefferson
Party Affiliation of President:
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date:
03/26/1804
Termination Date:
08/04/1834
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Sixth Circuit, March 29, 1804-August 4, 1834