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 / [electronic resource] : Steven P. Brown. - Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2012. - xi, 313 p. : ill., maps, plan, ports.

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

Includes bibliographical references 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780817386269 (electronic bk.)




McKinley, John, 1780-1852.


United States. Supreme Court --Biography.


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


Electronic books.

KF8745.M38 / B76 2012

347.73/2634092 B