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John McKinley

associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Born:
May 1, 1780, Culpeper County, Virginia, U.S.
Died:
July 19, 1852, Louisville, Kentucky (aged 72)

John McKinley (born May 1, 1780, Culpeper County, Virginia, U.S.—died July 19, 1852, Louisville, Kentucky) was an American politician and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1837–52). After practicing law briefly in Kentucky, where he grew up, McKinley settled in Huntsville, Alabama, then a center of planting and political interests, in 1818. In 1820 he was elected to the Alabama state legislature and two years later, despite the support of the Georgia political machine, was defeated by one vote for the U.S. Senate. Having become a supporter of Jacksonian Democracy, he secured the Senate seat four years later, ...(100 of 148 words)

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