John McKinley

Judge John McKinley

Personal

Birthday:

5/1/1780

Birthplace:

Culpeper County, VA

Date of Death:

7/19/1852

Place of Death:

Louisville, KY

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Frankfort and Louisville, Kentucky, 1800-1819
Private practice, Huntsville, Alabama, 1819-1836
State representative, Alabama, 1820-1822, 1831, 1836
U.S. senator from Alabama, 1826-1831
U.S. representative from Alabama, 1833-1835
U.S. senator-elect from Alabama (appointed to the bench before he could take his seat), 1836

Education

Name of School:

Read law

Degree Year:

1800

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Martin Van Buren

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

09/25/1837

Termination Date:

07/19/1852

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Ninth Circuit, June 28, 1837-January 24, 1843
Fifth Circuit, January 25, 1843-July 19, 1852