Howell Edmunds Jackson

Biography of Howell Edmunds Jackson

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Jackson
• First Name: Howell
• Middle Name: Edmunds
• Date of Birth: April , 8 , 1832
• Place of Birth (POB): Paris , Tennessee (US-TN, TN, 47, Tenn)
• Date of Death: August , 8 , 1895
• Place of Death (POD): West Meade , Tennessee (US-TN, TN, 47, Tenn)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Howell Edmunds Jackson Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit
• Court Type: United States Circuit Court (1869)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Grover Cleveland ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 04/12/1886
• Seat vacated by: Baxter , John
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 04/12/1886
• Commission Date: 04/12/1886
• Date of Termination: 03/04/1893
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Second Appointment of Howell Edmunds Jackson

• Court Name: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Court Type: United States Court of Appeals
• Origin: Assignment
• New Seat
• Authorization legislation: 26 Stat. 826
• Commission Date: 06/16/1891
• Date of Termination: 03/04/1893
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Third Appointment of Howell Edmunds Jackson

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC or “SCOTUS”)
• Promoted by President: Benjamin Harrison ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 02/02/1893
• Seat vacated by: Lamar , Lucius Q. C.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 02/02/1893
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 02/13/1893
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 02/18/1893
• Commission Date: 02/18/1893

Howell Edmunds Jackson in the Law School

• Name of School: West Tennessee College (now Union University, Jackson, Tennessee)
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1849

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): University of Virginia

Third Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Cumberland School of Law
• Degree: Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1856

Howell Edmunds Jackson Career Path

Employment:

• 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
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Fifth Circuit, March 13, 1893-April 1, 1894
• Sixth Circuit, April 2, 1894-August 8, 1895

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