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Joseph McKenna
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States · 1892–1898
Joseph McKenna , Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. 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. He is one of seventeen members of the House of Representatives who subsequently served on the Supreme Court (including two Chief Justices).
Education
- Read law1865
- St. Augustine's College1865
Career
Private practice, Fairfield, California, 1865-1866; District attorney, Solano County, California, 1866-1870; Private practice, Suisun, California, 1870-1875; State assemblyman, California, 1875-1876; U.S. representative from California, 1885-1892; Attorney General of the United States, 1897-1898
Biography
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. 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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