James Clark McReynolds

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James Clark McReynolds (1862-1946) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Education

• Vanderbilt University, B.S., 1882
• University of Virginia School of Law, 1884 ^[1]

Professional career

• Secretary to U.S. Sen. Howell E. Jackson, 1884
• Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, 1884-1903
• Professor, Vanderbilt University, 1900-1903
• Assistant U.S. attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1903-1907
• Private practice, New York City, 1907-1910
• Assistant U.S. attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1910-1911
• Private practice, New York City, 1911-1913
• Attorney General of the United States, 1913-1914 ^[1]

Federal judicial career

McReynolds was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson on August 19, 1914 to fill the seat vacated by Horace Harmon Lurton. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 29th, and received commission that same day. On January 31, 1941, he assumed senior status. He served until his death on August 24, 1946. ^[1]

External links

• Biography from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

References

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Preceded by: Horace Harmon Lurton	Supreme Court 1914–1946	Succeeded by: James Byrnes

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