James Clark McReynolds
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office August 29, 1914 – January 31, 1941 |
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| Nominated by | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | Horace Lurton |
| Succeeded by | James Byrnes |
| 48th United States Attorney General | |
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In office March 15, 1913 – August 29, 1914 |
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| President | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | George Wickersham |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Gregory |
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February 3, 1862 Elkton, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | August 24, 1946 (aged 84) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Vanderbilt University (BS) University of Virginia (LLB) |
James Clark McReynolds (February 3, 1862 – August 24, 1946) was an American lawyer and judge who served as United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He served on the Court from October 12, 1914 to his retirement on January 31, 1941, during the presidencies of Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was best known for his sustained opposition to the actions by Roosevelt and his overt anti-semitism. In his twenty-six years on the bench, McReynolds wrote more than 506 majority opinions for the court and 93 minority opinions against the New Deal. He was one of the "Four Horsemen" (together with Willis Van Devanter, George Sutherland, and Pierce Butler), who represented the opposition to Roosevelt's New Deal.
Born in Elkton, Kentucky, the county seat of Todd County, he was the son of John Oliver and Ellen (née Reeves) McReynolds, both members of the Disciples of Christ church. The house in which he was born still stands; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. He graduated from the prestigious Green River Academy and later matriculated at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, graduating with status one year later as a valedictorian in 1882. At the University of Virginia School of Law, where he studied under John B. Minor, "a man of stern morality and firm conservative convictions," McReynolds completed his studies in fourteen months and, again, graduated at the head of his class. McReynolds received his law degree in 1884.
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