John Johnston Parker

Personal

Birthday: 
11/20/1885
Birthplace: 
Monroe, NC
Date of Death: 
3/17/1958
Place of Death: 
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1908-1909
Private practice, Monroe, North Carolina, 1909-1922
Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina, 1910
Candidate for attorney general, State of North Carolina, 1916
Republican candidate for governor, North Carolina, 1920
Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1922-1925
Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1923-1924

Nominated to Supreme Court of the United States, March 21, 1930; rejected by Senate, May 7, 1930

Education

Name of School: 
University of North Carolina
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1907
Name of School - Second: 

University of North Carolina School of Law

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the nation's oldest, and clearly one of its most accomplished, public institutions. From the colonial period until the present day, graduates from the University's School of Law have played powerfully disproportionate roles in leading the state, the south and the nation. Our law faculty includes world-class scholars, award-winning teachers and noted practitioners. Carolina Law's student body is among the most highly credentialed and intellectually diverse in America. Our signature offerings in civil rights, banking, intellectual property, entrepreneurial and securities law, critical studies, bankruptcy, and constitutional inquiry are among the best to be found in the academy. And our expansive array of skills and capstone courses provides impressive links between theory and practice. Carolina is a remarkable place to study law.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1908

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Court Name: 

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating: 
Calvin Coolidge
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/14/1925
Termination Date: 
3/17/1958
Termination Reason: 
Death