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Senate Years of Service: 1826-1831; 1837-1837 Party: Jacksonian; Democrat
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McKINLEY, John, a Senator and a Representative from Alabama; born in Culpeper County, Va., May
1, 1780; moved to Kentucky; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his
profession in Louisville, Ky.; moved to Huntsville, Madison County, Ala.; member, State house of
representatives 1820-1822; elected as a Jacksonian to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Henry Chambers and served from November 27, 1826, to March 3, 1831;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830; member, State legislature 1831; moved to Florence,
Lauderdale County, Ala.; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4,
1833-March 3, 1835); did not seek reelection; again a member of the State legislature; again
elected to the United States Senate, as a Democrat, for the term beginning March 4, 1837, but
resigned April 22, 1837, before qualifying; appointed by President Martin Van Buren as an Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme Court in April 1837, and served until his death in Louisville, Ky.,
July 19, 1852; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.
BibliographyAmerican National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Hicks, Jimmie. Associate Justice John McKinley: A
Sketch. Alabama Review 18 (1965): 227-33; Martin, John M. John McKinley:
Jacksonian Phase. Alabama Historical Quarterly 28 (Spring-Summer 1966): 7-31.
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