Joseph McKenna lived from August 10, 1843 to November 21, 1926 and was an American politician who served in all three branches of the federal government, as a member of the United States House of Representatives, as United States Attorney General and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. He is one of seventeen members of the House of Representatives who subsequently served on the Supreme Court, including two chief justices.
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RoleAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 2 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 2 Place of Death Classification
Field of LawLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence 1 Role
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How did Joseph McKenna move from the cabinet to the Supreme Court?
McKinley made him attorney general in 1897 and nominated him to the Supreme Court later that year; he served from 1898 to 1925.
Joseph McKenna was a federal appeals judge when he returned to national office. In 1892 President Benjamin Harrison named him to the Ninth Circuit court. In 1897 President William McKinley called him back to Washington to join the cabinet as attorney general, and later that year McKinley nominated him to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. He sat on the Court from 1898 to 1925.
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Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843 – November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S.
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Although he never developed a consistent legal philosophy, McKenna was the author of a number of important decisions.
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Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843 - November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish Catholic immigrants, he attended St. Joseph's College and the Collegiate Institute in Benicia, California.
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McKenna died on November 21, 1926. in Washington, D.C.
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