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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaJoseph McKENNA
(1843-1926)
McKENNA, Joseph, a
Representative from California; born in Philadelphia, Pa., August
10, 1843; moved with his parents to Benicia, Calif., in January
1855; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law
department of Benicia Collegiate Institute in 1865; was admitted to
the bar in 1865 and commenced practice in Benicia, Calif.; moved to
Fairfield, Solano County, in 1866 and continued the practice of law
for eight years; district attorney of Solano County 1866-1868;
member of the State house of representatives in 1875 and 1876;
unsuccessful Republican candidate in 1876 for election to the
Forty-fifth Congress and in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and to the three
succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1885, to March 28,
1892, when he resigned; appointed by President Harrison as United
States circuit judge for the ninth judicial circuit February 11,
1892, and was confirmed March 17, 1892; served five years and
resigned; appointed Attorney General of the United States in the
Cabinet of President McKinley and served from March 7, 1897, to
January 25, 1898, when he resigned, having been appointed by
President McKinley as an Associate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court January 26, 1898, to succeed Justice Stephen J.
Field, and served from January 26, 1898, to January 25, 1925, when
he resigned; died in Washington, D.C., November 21, 1926; interment
in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Bibliography
McDevitt, Matthew, Brother. Joseph McKenna: Associate Justice of
the United States. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of
America Press, 1946. Reprint, New York: Da Capo Press, 1974.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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