OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME: 
James Moore Wayne

BORN:
1790,
Savannah, Georgia

DIED:
July 5, 1867, 
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Princeton University (1808)
Read Law (1810)

POLITICAL PARTIES:
Democrat
Jacksonian 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1810-1812:
Practiced Law in Savannah, Georgia 
1812-1815;
U.S. Army Captain During the War of 1812 
1815-1816:
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
1817-1819:
Mayor of Savannah, Georgia
1820-1822:
Judge, Court of Common Pleas for Savannah, Georgia 
1822-1828
Judge, Superior Court of Savannah 
1829-1835:
Member of the House of Representatives,
Jacksonian 
1835-1867:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Congressional Quarterly
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia 

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