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James Moore Wayne
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States · 1835
James Moore Wayne , Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. James Moore Wayne (1790 – July 5, 1867) was an American attorney, judge and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1835 to 1867.
Education
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)1808
- Read law1810
Career
Private practice, Savannah, Georgia, 1810-1812, 1819-1824; U.S. Army captain, 1812-1815; State representative, Georgia, 1815-1816; Mayor, Savannah, Georgia, 1816-1819; Judge, Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the City of Savannah [Georgia], 1819-1824; Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, 1824-1829; U.S. representative from Georgia, 1829-1835
Biography
James Moore Wayne (1790 – July 5, 1867) was an American attorney, judge and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1835 to 1867.
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