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John Gayle
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama · 1849
John Gayle , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. John Gayle (September 11, 1792 – July 21, 1859) was the seventh governor of Alabama, a United States representative from Alabama, a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of…
Education
- South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina)1813
- Read law1818
Career
Private practice, St. Stephens, Alabama, 1818-; Member, Legislative Council, Alabama Territory, 1818-1819; Solicitor, First Judicial Circuit, Alabama, 1819-1821; State representative, Alabama, 1822-1823, 1829-1830; Judge, Alabama Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit, 1823-1825; Private practice, Greene County, Alabama, 1826-1828; Judge, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1828-1829; Governor, Alabama, 1831-1835; Private practice, Mobile, Alabama, 1835-1846; U.S. representative from Alabama, 1847-1849
Biography
John Gayle (September 11, 1792 – July 21, 1859) was the seventh governor of Alabama, a United States representative from Alabama, a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of…
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