John Catron

John Catron was appointed Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court in 1831, a body on which he served from 1824 to 1835.Miller, Chas. A. The Official and Political Manual of the State of Tennessee. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce, Stationers, 1890.
Catron was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1837, where he would serve until his death in Nashville on May 8, 1865.
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