Noah Haynes Swayne

Noah Haynes Swayne ( born December 7, 1804 in Culpeper County, Virginia ( according to other sources: Frederick County, Virginia), † June 8, 1884 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party and the first Republican judge to the Supreme Court of the United States (U.S. Supreme Court ) was appointed.

Life

After schooling, he studied law and received in 1823 the first attorney approval in Virginia and in 1824 admitted to the bar in Ohio. In 1825 he was prosecuting attorney of Coshocton County and held this post until 1829 he first performed as a supporter of Andrew Jackson's Democrats ( Jacksonian Democrats ) was elected member of the House of Representatives from Ohio.

In 1830 he was appointed by President Jackson to the U.S. Attorney for Ohio. He also continued his political career and was initially 1834 to 1836 Member of the City Council of Columbus, before he was in 1836 again elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Through his work as U.S. Attorney he maintained a personal friendship with John McLean, a judge of the U.S. Supreme Court, and joined by its influence after its foundation in 1854 of the Republican Party.

In 1861 he was appointed by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican to Associate Justice to the Supreme Gercichtshof the United States and took up his judicial office officially on January 27, 1862. During his affiliation with the U.S. Supreme Court, he worked with, among others, the important decisions about the procedures Texas v. White in 1869 and Strauder v. West Virginia in 1880.

The Office of the Associate Justice he held until his resignation on January 24, 1881, where he in 1864 and 1873 applied twice unsuccessfully for the office of Chief Justice of the United States. After his death he was at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, DC buried.

His son Wager Swayne was during the Civil War brigadier general in the U.S. Army and some time governor of Alabama.