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OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
James Moore Wayne
BORN:
1790,
Savannah, Georgia
DIED:
July 5, 1867,
Washington, DC
EDUCATION:
Princeton University (1808)
Read Law (1810)
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Democrat
Jacksonian
HIGHLIGHTS:
1810-1812:
Practiced Law in Savannah, Georgia
1812-1815;
U.S. Army Captain During the War of 1812
1815-1816:
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
1817-1819:
Mayor of Savannah, Georgia
1820-1822:
Judge, Court of Common Pleas for Savannah, Georgia
1822-1828
Judge, Superior Court of Savannah
1829-1835:
Member of the House of Representatives,
Jacksonian
1835-1867:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Congressional Quarterly
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia
PORTRAITS:
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