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Encyclopedia > Joseph McKenna

Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Image File history File links U.S. Supreme Court photograph of Joseph McKenna File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links U.S. Supreme Court photograph of Joseph McKenna File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... The Justices of the United States Supreme Court, other than the Chief Justice, are termed Associate Justices. ...


Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish immigrants, he attended St. Joseph's College and the Collegiate Institute at Benicia, California. After being admitted to the California bar in 1865, he became District Attorney for Solano County and then served in the California State Assembly for two years. Independence Hall, as it appears today. ... Saint Josephs University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university in the United States. ... Benicia is a city located in Solano County, California. ... A district attorney at the county level in the United States is the prosecutor for a county or local judicial district. ... Solano County is a county located in central part of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento. ... California State Assembly Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. ...


McKenna was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1885 and served for four terms. He was appointed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1892 by President Benjamin Harrison. The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States. ... United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The President of the United States (fully, President of the United States of America; unofficially abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States and the chief executive of the federal government. ... Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893). ...


In 1897 he was appointed Attorney General of the United States by President William McKinley, and served in that capacity until 1898. He was then appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Justice Stephen J. Field. McKenna faced opposition to his appointment in the Senate, but his supporters there enabled him to win confirmation in January 1898. Conscious of his limited credentials, McKenna took courses at Columbia Law School for several months to improve his legal education before taking his seat on the Court. The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... The name Mckinley redirects here. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the supreme court in the United States. ... Stephen Johnson Field (November 4, 1816 – April 9, 1899) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from May 20, 1863, to December 1, 1897. ... Columbia Law School, located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University and one of the leading law schools in the United States. ...


McKenna was known to be a centrist, and authored few dissents. His most noteworthy opinions are Hipolite Egg Co. v. United States, in which a unanimous Court upheld the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, and Hoke v. United States, which upheld the Mann Act. While McKenna was generally quite favorable to federal power, he voted with the majority in 1905's Lochner v. New York, which struck down a state maximum-hours law for bakery workers. Categories: Law stubs | United States law ... The United States White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 prohibited so-called white slavery. ... Holding New Yorks regulation of the working hours of bakers was not a justifiable restriction of the right to contract freely under the 14th Amendments guarantee of liberty. ...


McKenna resigned from the Court in January 1925 at the suggestion of Chief Justice Taft. McKenna's ability to perform his duties had been diminished significantly by a stroke suffered ten years earlier, and by the end of his tenure McKenna could not be counted on to write coherent opinions. William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the 27th President of the United States, and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. ... A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted. ...


McKenna was married to Amanda Borneman in 1869; they had three daughters and one son. He died in 1926 in Washington, D.C. and lies buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... Mount Olivet Cemetery is an historic cemetery located at 1300 Bladensburg Road, NE in Washington, D.C. It is maintained by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. ...


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Preceded by:
Barclay Henley
U.S. Representative from California (3rd District)
1885–1891
Succeeded by:
Samuel G. Hilborn
Preceded by:
Lorenzo Sawyer
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1892-1897
Succeeded by:
William W. Morrow
Preceded by:
Judson Harmon
Attorney General of the United States
1897–1898
Succeeded by:
John W. Griggs
Preceded by:
Stephen Johnson Field
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
January 26, 1898January 5, 1925
Succeeded by:
Harlan Fiske Stone
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1898–1902: J. M. Harlan | H. Gray | D.J. Brewer | H.B. Brown | Geo. Shiras, Jr. | E.D. White | R.W. Peckham | J. McKenna
1902–1903: J. M. Harlan | D.J. Brewer | H.B. Brown | Geo. Shiras, Jr. | E.D. White | R.W. Peckham | J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes
1903–1906: J. M. Harlan | D.J. Brewer | H.B. Brown | E.D. White | R.W. Peckham | J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day
1906–1909: J. M. Harlan | D.J. Brewer | E.D. White | R.W. Peckham | J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | Wm. H. Moody
January–March 1910: J. M. Harlan | D.J. Brewer | E.D. White | J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | Wm. H. Moody | H.H. Lurton
March–July 1910: J. M. Harlan | E.D. White | J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | Wm. H. Moody | H.H. Lurton
The White Court
1910: J. M. Harlan | J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | Wm. H. Moody | H.H. Lurton | C.E. Hughes
1911: J. M. Harlan | J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | H.H. Lurton | C.E. Hughes | W. Van Devanter | J.R. Lamar
1912–1914: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | H.H. Lurton | C.E. Hughes | W. Van Devanter | J.R. Lamar | M. Pitney
1914–1916: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | C.E. Hughes | W. Van Devanter | J.R. Lamar | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds
1916–1921: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | W. Van Devanter | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds | L.D. Brandeis | J. H. Clarke
The Taft Court
1921–1922: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | W. Van Devanter | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds | L.D. Brandeis | J.H. Clarke
1922: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | Wm. R. Day | W. Van Devanter | M. Pitney | J.C. McReynolds | L.D. Brandeis | Geo. Sutherland
1923–1925: J. McKenna | O.W. Holmes | W. Van Devanter | J.C. McReynolds | L.D. Brandeis | Geo. Sutherland | P. Butler | E.T. Sanford

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Joseph McKenna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (456 words)
Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843–November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
McKenna resigned from the Court in January 1925 at the suggestion of Chief Justice Taft.
McKenna's ability to perform his duties had been diminished significantly by a stroke suffered ten years earlier, and by the end of his tenure McKenna could not be counted on to write coherent opinions.
Joseph McKenna - definition of Joseph McKenna in Encyclopedia (196 words)
Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843–November 21, 1926) was an American politician, U.S. Attorney General and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
McKenna was elected to the United States House of Representatives and served for four terms.
McKenna died in 1926 in Washington, D.C. This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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