Johnson, William, Jr.

Born December 27, 1771, in St. James Goose Creek, SC
Died August 4, 1834, in Brooklyn, NY

Federal Judicial Service:
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by Thomas Jefferson on March 22, 1804, to a seat vacated by Alfred Moore. Confirmed by the Senate on March 24, 1804, and received commission on March 26, 1804. Service terminated on August 4, 1834, due to death.

Supreme Court Oath:
May 7, 1804

Allotment as Circuit Justice:

Sixth Circuit, March 29, 1804-August 4, 1834

Education:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), A.B., 1790
Read law, 1793

Professional Career:

Private practice, South Carolina, 1793-1794
State representative, South Carolina, 1794-1799; speaker, 1798-1799
Judge, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, 1799-1804

Bibliography

Bedford, Henry F. “William Johnson and the Marshall Court.” South Carolina Historical Magazine, vol. 62, no. 3 (Jul. 1961): 165-71.

Killenbeck, Mark R. “William Johnson, the Dog that Did Not Bark?” Vanderbilt Law Review, vol. 62 (2009): 407-46.

Levin, Abraham J. “Mr. Justice William Johnson, Creative Dissenter.” Michigan Law Review, vol. 43 (1944-45): 497-548.

Morgan, Donald G. Justice William Johnson, the First Dissenter: The Career and Constitutional Philosophy of a Jeffersonian Judge. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1954.

________. “Mr. Justice William Johnson and the Constitution.” Harvard Law Review, vol. 57, no. 3 (Jan. 1944): 328-61.

Schroeder, Oliver, Jr. “The Life and Judicial Work of Justice William Johnson, Jr.” University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 95, no. 2 (Dec. 1946): 164-201.

________. “The Life and Judicial Work of Justice William Johnson, Jr. Part II” University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 95, no. 3 (Feb. 1947): 344-86.

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