John Baxter

Judge John Baxter

Personal

Birthday:

3/5/1819

Birthplace:

Rutherford County, NC

Date of Death:

4/2/1886

Place of Death:

Hot Springs, AR

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Merchant, South Carolina, 1835-1839
Private practice, Rutherford, North Carolina, 1841-1849
Member, North Carolina House of Commons, 1842-1843, 1846-1848, 1852-1857
Private practice, Henderson, North Carolina, 1849-1857
Newspaper publisher, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1862
Private practice, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1857-1877

Nominated to U.S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit, October 25, 1877; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

Read law

Degree Year:

1841

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit

President Nominating:

Rutherford B. Hayes

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

12/13/1877

Termination Date:

04/02/1886

Termination Reason:

Death