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James Clark McReynolds (1914-1941)

Lived from 1862 to 1946.

Early Life and Legal Career

James C. McReynolds was born in Elkton, Kentucky. After graduating from Vanderbilt University in 1882 as valedictorian, McReynolds then enrolled in the University of Virginia School of Law.

He completed his studies in fourteen months, and, once again, graduated in 1884 at the head of his class.

McReynolds began practicing law in Nashville, where he also served as secretary to Senator Howell Edmunds Jackson, who later went on to become an associate justice himself.

McReynolds, James Clark - Tennessee Encyclopedia

After an unsuccessful ran for Congress in 1896, McReynolds began serving as Assistant Attorney General under President Theodore Roosevelt. Eventually, McReynolds went back into private practice and was retained by the U.S. government for matters relating to antitrust laws. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson appointed McReynolds to the position of U.S.

Attorney General.

Appointed to the Supreme Court

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