James Moore Wayne

Biography of James Moore Wayne

Family Name (Surname): Wayne
First Name: James
Middle Name: Moore
Date of Birth: , , 1790
Place of Birth (POB): Savannah , Georgia (US-GA, GA, 13, Ga.)
Date of Death: July , 5 , 1867
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: Andrew Jackson ( Democratic )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 01/06/1835
Seat vacated by: Johnson , William
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 01/07/1835
Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
Committee action date: 01/09/1835
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 01/09/1835
Commission Date: 01/09/1835
Date of Termination: 07/05/1867
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

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

Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Sixth Circuit, February 4, 1835-October 28, 1862
Fifth Circuit, October 29, 1862-July 5, 1867