Howell Edmunds Jackson
| Howell Edmunds Jackson | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Justice |
| Position: | Seat #4 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Benjamin Harrison |
| Active: | 2/18/1893 - 8/8/1895 |
| Preceded by: | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
| Succeeded by: | Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
| Past post: | Sixth Circuit |
| Past term: | 4/12/1886 - 3/4/1893 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | April 8, 1832 |
| Home State: | Paris, TN |
| Deceased: | August 8, 1895 |
| Bachelors: | West Tennessee College, A.B., 1849 |
| Law School: | Cumberland U. Law, LL.B., 1856 |
Contents |
Early life and education
- University of Virginia
- West Tennessee College, A.B., 1849
- Cumberland University, LL.B., 1856 [1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Jackson, Tennessee, 1856-1858
- Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1855-1861
- Receiver of alien property, West Tennessee, Confederate States of America, 1861-1864
- Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1865-1874
- Private practice, Jackson, Tennessee, 1874-1880
- Special judge, Court of Arbitration, 1875-1877
- Representative, Tennessee General Assembly, 1880-1881
- U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1881-1886 [1]
Federal judicial career
Sixth Circuit
Jackson was nominated to the United States Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit by Grover Cleveland on April 12, 1886, to a seat vacated by John Baxter. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 12, 1886 and received his commission on April 12, 1886. Jackson's service on the court was terminated on June 16, 1891, due to re-assignment to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. [1]
On June 16, 1891 Jackson was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He served that court until March 4, 1893 when he was appointed to the Supreme Court. [1]
Supreme Court
Justice Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Benjamin Harrison on February 2, 1893 to the seat vacated by Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 18, 1893, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on August 8, 1895. [1] He was succeeded to the post by Rufus Wheeler Peckham.
See also
External links
- Biography from the Law Library - American Law and Legal Information
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Justice Jackson's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Baxter |
Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit 1886–1891 |
Succeeded by: NA |
| Preceded by: NA |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1891–1893 |
Succeeded by: Horace Harmon Lurton |
| Preceded by: Lucius Lamar |
Supreme Court 1893–1895 Seat #4 |
Succeeded by: Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Alice Batchelder • Helene White • Raymond Kethledge • Bernice Donald • Boyce Martin • Eric Clay • David McKeague • Deborah Cook • Julia Gibbons • John M. Rogers • Jeffrey Sutton • Danny Boggs • Richard Griffin • Karen Moore • Guy Cole • Jane Stranch | ||
| Senior judges |
Damon Keith • Gilbert Merritt • Cornelia Kennedy • Ralph Guy • James Ryan • Alan Norris • Richard Suhrheinrich • Martha Daughtrey • Ronald Gilman • Harry Wellford • Eugene Siler • | ||
| Former judges | Julian William Mack • Robert Krupansky • Leroy Contie • Herbert Milburn • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Halmer Hull Emmons • John Baxter • William Miller • Howell Edmunds Jackson • William Howard Taft • Horace Harmon Lurton • Henry Franklin Severens • William Rufus Day • Loyal Edwin Knappen • John Kelvey Richards • Arthur Carter Denison • John Wesley Warrington • Maurice Donahue • John Weld Peck • Smith Hickenlooper • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Charles Harwood Moorman • Florence Ellinwood Allen • Elwood Hamilton • John Donelson Martin • Herschel Arant • Shackelford Miller • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. • Henry Brooks • Clifford O'Sullivan • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • John Peck II • Bailey Brown • Anthony Celebrezze • Bertram Combs • George Edwards • Thomas McAllister • Nathaniel Jones • Susan Neilson • Harry Phillips • David Aldrich Nelson • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Gilbert Merritt • Boyce Martin • Danny Boggs • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Florence Ellinwood Allen • John Donelson Martin • Shackelford Miller • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • George Edwards • Thomas McAllister • Harry Phillips • | ||
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| 1886 | |||
| 1887 | |||
| 1888 |
Allen • Fuller • Jenkins • Lacombe • Lamar • Maxey • Montgomery • Philips | ||
| 1893 |
Alvey • Bellinger • Bingham • Lurton • Morris • Seaman • Shepard • Simonton | ||
| 1894 | |||
| 1895 | |||
| 1896 |
Brown • Carland • Kirkpatrick • Lochren • Marshall • McHugh • Rogers | ||
| 1897 | |||
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| 1889 | |||
| 1890 |
Brown • Bryant • Caldwell • Edgerton • Green • Ham • Hanford • Hawley • Jewell • Knowles • Ricks • Riner • Sharpe • Sharretts • Shurtleff • Somerville • Stackpole • Swayne • Thomas • Tichenor • Wilkinson • Williams | ||
| 1891 |
Acheson • Aldrich • Lunt • Putnam • Reed • Swan | ||
| 1892 |
Baker • Beatty • Buffington • Dallas • Gilbert • Goff • Grosscup • McCormick • McKenna • Morrow • Niles • Peelle • Rector • Sanborn • Shipman • Shiras • Taft • Townsend • Woolson • Woods | ||
| 1893 | |||
