James Moore Wayne

Judge James Moore Wayne

Personal

Birthday:

1790

Birthplace:

Savannah, GA

Date of Death:

7/5/1867

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Savannah, Georgia, 1810-1812, 1819-1824
U.S. Army captain, 1812-1815
State representative, Georgia, 1815-1816
Mayor, Savannah, Georgia, 1816-1819
Judge, Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the City of Savannah [Georgia], 1819-1824
Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, 1824-1829
U.S. representative from Georgia, 1829-1835

Education

Name of School:

College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)

Degree Year:

1808

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1810

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Andrew Jackson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

01/09/1835

Termination Date:

07/05/1867

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Sixth Circuit, February 4, 1835-October 28, 1862
Fifth Circuit, October 29, 1862-July 5, 1867