James Clark Mcreynolds

Biography of James Clark McReynolds

Family Name (Surname): McReynolds
First Name: James
Middle Name: Clark
Date of Birth: February , 3 , 1862
Place of Birth (POB): Elkton , Kentucky (US-KY, KY, 21, Ky., Ken., Kent.)
Date of Death: August , 24 , 1946
Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
Appointment under the Presidency of: Woodrow Wilson ( Democratic )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 08/19/1914
Seat vacated by: Lurton , Horace H.
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 08/19/1914
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 08/24/1914
Senate voice vote?: No
Senate vote Yes/No: 44/6
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 08/29/1914
Commission Date: 08/29/1914
Retirement from Active Service: 01/31/1941
Date of Termination: 08/24/1946
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Secretary, U.S. Sen. Howell E. Jackson, Tennessee, 1884
Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, 1884-1903
Professor, Vanderbilt University, 1900-1903
Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1903-1907, 1910-1911
Private practice, New York City, 1907-1910, 1911-1913
Attorney General of the United States, 1913-1914

Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Seventh Circuit, October 19, 1914-October 29, 1916
Fifth Circuit, October 30, 1916-February 18, 1923
Sixth Circuit, November 15, 1922-January 31, 1941