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Howell Edmunds Jackson
Former judge · Supreme Court of the United States
Howell Edmunds Jackson served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by Benjamin Harrison and confirmed Feb 18, 1893.
- Appointed by
- Benjamin Harrison
- Confirmed
- Feb 18, 1893
- Born
- 1832
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth CircuitGrover Cleveland · Apr 12, 1886 – Mar 4, 1893
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitNone (assignment) · – Mar 4, 1893
- Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesBenjamin Harrison · Feb 18, 1893 – Aug 8, 1895
Education
- University of Virginia
- West Tennessee College (now Union University, Jackson, Tennessee)A.B., 1849
- Cumberland School of LawLL.B., 1856
Career
Private practice, Jackson, Tennessee, 1856-1858, 1874-1880; Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1855-1861, 1865-1874; Receiver of alien property, West Tennessee, Confederate States of America, 1861-1864; Special judge, Court of Arbitration for Western Tennessee, 1875-1877; State representative, Tennessee, 1880-1881; U.S. senator from Tennessee, 1881-1886
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