National Society of Colonial Dames of
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Tennessee State Library and Archives
Photographs of Portraits  

Record No:
Accession No:
30103
THS 457
Subject: Judge John Catron (1786-1865).
Artist: Harding  
Date: ca. 1840s
Location: TN State Library and Archives
403 7th Ave. N.
Nashville, TN 37243-0312
Web Contact: Preservation - State Library

History:

Notes: Served under General Andrew Jackson in the Alabama campaigns against the Creek Indians. Elected to Tennessee Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals, 1821. Chief Justice, 1831. Appointed by Jackson to US Supreme Court, 1837. Wrote opinion in Dred Scott case.

Material: Photographic print
Photographer:
Categories: Portrait paintings; Men; Lawyers; Government;
   

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