John McLean

Personal

Birthday: 
3/11/1785
Birthplace: 
Morris County, NJ
Date of Death: 
4/4/1861
Place of Death: 
Cincinnati, OH
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Founder/editor, The Western Star, 1807-1812
Private practice, Lebanon, Ohio, 1807-1812
Examiner, U.S. Congressional Land Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1811-1812
U.S. representative from Ohio, 1813-1816
Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, 1816-1822
Commissioner, U.S. Land Office, 1822-1823
Postmaster general of the United States, 1823-1829

Education

Name of School: 
Read law
Degree Year: 
1807

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: 
03/07/1829
Termination Date: 
04/04/1861
Termination Reason: 
Death
Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services: 

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Seventh Circuit, ca. May 4, 1829-April 4, 1861