Joseph McKenna
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Joseph McKenna was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate
Portrait by C. M. Bell c. 1905–1909
Portrait by C. M. Bell c. 1885–1890
Stephen Johnson Field
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Stephen Johnson Field was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1863 to 1897, and prior to that, he was the fifth Chief Justice of California. He had
Joseph McKenna
…1898. McKenna was nominated by President McKinley on December 16, 1897, as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to succeed Stephen Johnson Field. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 21, 1898, by a voice vote. He then took the judicial oath of office on January 26, 1898. Conscious of his…
Field, c. 1875
Stephen Johnson Field
Field's gravesite
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