Joseph McKenna (Supreme Court)
Joseph McKenna (1843-1926) was an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President William McKinley on December 16, 1897. McKenna retired on January 5, 1925.[1]
McKenna was the only justice nominated to the Supreme Court by President McKinley. He served during The Fuller Court, The White Court, and The Taft Court.[2]
Education
McKenna received his legal education by reading law.[1]
Professional career
- 1897: United States Attorney General
- 1885-1892: United States Representative from California
- 1875-1876: California state assemblyman
- 1870-1875: Attorney in private practice, Suisun, California
- 1866-1870: District Attorney, Solano County, California
- 1865-1866: Attorney in private practice, Fairfield, California[1]
Federal judicial career
Supreme Court
McKenna was nominated by President William McKinley on December 16, 1897, to a seat vacated by Stephen Johnson Field. McKenna was confirmed by the Senate on January 21, 1898, and received commission that same day. He retired from the court on January 5, 1925.[1]
Ninth Circuit
McKenna was nominated to the Ninth Circuit by President Benjamin Harrison on February 11, 1892. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 17, 1892, and received commission that same day. He resigned on March 5, 1897.[1]
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Lorenzo Sawyer |
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1892–1897 |
Succeeded by: William Morrow |
| Preceded by: Stephen Johnson Field |
Supreme Court 1898–1925 |
Succeeded by: Harlan Fiske Stone
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Mary Murguia • Mark Bennett (Hawaii) • Kim McLane Wardlaw • Morgan Christen • Ronald Gould • Johnnie Rawlinson • Consuelo Maria Callahan • Milan Smith • Sandra Ikuta • Jacqueline Nguyen • Lucy H. Koh • Sal Mendoza, Jr. • John B. Owens • Michelle T. Friedland • Lawrence VanDyke • Bridget S. Bade • Danielle Forrest • Ryan Nelson (Idaho) • Eric Miller (Washington) • Patrick Bumatay • Daniel Collins (California) • Kenneth Kiyul Lee • Ana de Alba • Gabriel Sanchez (California) • Holly Thomas • Daniel Bress • Jennifer Sung • Roopali Desai • Anthony Johnstone | ||
| Senior judges |
Mary Schroeder • Andrew Hurwitz • Diarmuid O'Scannlain • Andrew Kleinfeld • Sidney Thomas • Barry Silverman • Susan Graber • Margaret McKeown (California) • William Fletcher (California) • Richard Paez • Marsha Berzon • Richard Tallman • Richard Clifton • Jay Bybee • Carlos Bea • Randy Smith (Federal appeals judge) • John Clifford Wallace • Dorothy Wright Nelson • William Canby • Stephen Trott • Ferdinand Francis Fernandez • Michael D. Hawkins • Atsushi Wallace Tashima • | ||
| Former judges | Anthony Kennedy • Lorenzo Sawyer • Joseph McKenna (Supreme Court) • William Ball Gilbert • Erskine Mayo Ross • William Henry Hunt (U.S. 9th Circuit Court) • Wallace McCamant • Frank Sigel Dietrich • William Henry Sawtelle • Francis Arthur Garrecht • William Denman • Clifton Mathews • Bert Emory Haney • William Healy • Homer Bone • William Edwin Orr • Walter Pope • Dal Lemmon • Richard Harvey Chambers • Stanley Nelson Barnes • Oliver Hamlin • Gilbert Jertberg • Charles Merton Merrill • Montgomery Koelsch • Benjamin Duniway • Walter Raleigh Ely, Jr. • James Marshall Carter • Shirley Hufstedler • Eugene Allen Wright • John Francis Kilkenny • Ozell Trask • Herbert Choy • J. Blaine Anderson • Thomas Tang • Cecil Poole • William Albert Norris • Charles Edward Wiggins • Frederick Hamley • Alex Kozinski • Matthew Hall McAllister • William Morrow • Frank Rudkin • Harry Pregerson • Stephen Reinhardt • Pamela Rymer • Raymond Fisher • James R. Browning • Alfred Goodwin • Joseph Sneed • Procter Hug • Betty Binns Fletcher • Otto Skopil • Joseph Farris • Arthur Alarcon • Warren Ferguson • Robert Boochever • Cynthia Holcomb Hall • Robert Beezer • Melvin Brunetti • Edward Leavy • David R. Thompson (Federal judge) • Thomas G. Nelson (Federal judge) • Curtis Dwight Wilbur • Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. • Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. • William Orr (9th Circuit) • John Kilkenny • Paul Watford • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
William Denman • Walter Pope • Richard Harvey Chambers • Mary Schroeder • Sidney Thomas • James R. Browning • Alfred Goodwin • John Clifford Wallace • Procter Hug • Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. • | ||
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| 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 | |||
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| 1899 |
Barnard • Clabaugh • Day • Evans • Fischer • Gray • Grosscup • Hook • Howell • Kohlsaat • McPherson • Shelby | ||
| 1900 |
Boyd • De Vries • Hazel • McPherson • Severens • Trieber • Wanty | ||
| 1901 |
Adams • Anderson • Archbald • Cochran • Humphrey • Keller • Wing | ||
