Appointed by President Jackson (1829-1837)

Collections relating to U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justices appointed by President Jackson.

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John McLean (1830-1861)
John Catron (1837-1865)

Collections held in the Manuscript Division relating to John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1830 to 1861.

John McLean Papers
Published/Created: 1817-1861 (bulk 1829-1860)
McLean’s service on the United States Supreme Court, 1829-1861, is documented in the Correspondence, Legal File, and Printed Matter series. Noteworthy is a volume containing McLean’s notes on oral arguments made before the Court in 1830, including cases argued by John MacPherson Berrien, Francis Scott Key, David Bayard Ogden, Roger Brooke Taney, Daniel Webster, and William Wirt.

The following collections contain correspondence or other materials relating to John McLean.

William Bebb Papers
Published/Created: 1705-1849 (bulk 1812-1849)
Nicholas Biddle Papers
Published/Created: 1681-1933 (bulk 1775-1846)
Thomas Corwin Correspondence
Published/Created: 1850-1853
Thomas Ewing Family Papers
Published/Created: 1757-1941 (bulk 1815-1896)
Humphrey Marshall Papers
Published/Created: 1771-2002 (bulk 1846-1856)
James Monroe Papers
Published/Created: 1758-1839
Caleb B. Smith Papers
Published/Created: 1841-1862 (bulk 1849)
Carl Brent Swisher Collection of Research Materials Relating to Roger B. Taney
Published/Created: 1836-1962

The following collection held by the Manuscript Division contain correspondence or other materials relating to U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Catron (1837-1865).

Andrew Jackson Donelson Papers
Published/Created: 1779-1943 (bulk 1813-1869)
James K. Polk Papers
Published/Created: 1775-1891 (bulk 1830-1849)
Carl Brent Swisher Collection of Research Materials Relating to Roger B. Taney
Published/Created: 1836-1962

H.B. Hall. [John McLean, 1785-1861, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]. Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.

Charles Fenderich. J. Catron, judge of the Supreme Court of the U.S. / from life on stone by Chas. Fenderich, Washington City, March 4th 1839. 1839. Popular Graphic Arts. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.

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Appointed by President Jackson (1829-1837)

H.B. Hall. [John McLean, 1785-1861, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]. Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.

Charles Fenderich. J. Catron, judge of the Supreme Court of the U.S. / from life on stone by Chas. Fenderich, Washington City, March 4th 1839. 1839. Popular Graphic Arts. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.