Howell Edmunds Jackson

1832–1895 · Paris, TN

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth CircuitJudgeGrover Cleveland (Democratic)Apr 12, 1886Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Mar 4, 1893
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitJudgeNone (assignment) (None (assignment))Jun 16, 1891Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Mar 4, 1893
Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate JusticeBenjamin Harrison (Republican)Feb 18, 1893Death, Aug 8, 1895

Education

  • University of Virginia
  • West Tennessee College (now Union University, Jackson, Tennessee), A.B., 1849
  • Cumberland School of Law, LL.B., 1856

Professional 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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