John McKinley and the antebellum Supreme Court circuit riding in the old Southwest /

Brown, Steven Preston.

John McKinley and the antebellum Supreme Court circuit riding in the old Southwest / Steven P. Brown. - Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 313 pages) : illustrations, maps, plan, portraits.

"Appendix: Justice John McKinley's Supreme Court Opinions and Dissents."

Includes bibliographies and index.

The most prominent man in alabama : an introduction to Justice John Mckinley -- Logans, law, and political futility -- Alabama fever and Georgia faction -- The politics of political change -- Prelude to the court : Jacksonian devotion in Alabama and Washington -- The burdens of justice on the antebellum Supreme Court -- The Supreme Court and the original ninth circuit, 18371842 -- Circuit relief and declining health, 1843-1852 -- The legacies of Justice John Mckinley.



9780817386269


United States. Supreme Court --Biography.


Judges--United States--Biography.
Circuit courts--History--Southwest, Old--19th century.
Politicians--Alabama--Biography.


Electronic Books.

KF8745 / .J646 2012