History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Felix Grundy, History of ^ John Catron. General in his cabinet. Quite as active and hardly less efficient thanPolk and Grundy was John Catron, a man who stood very close toPresident Jackson. He was reared in the Mountain District of Middle Tennessee, and raised himself to the headof his profession by the force of his owntalents and energy. He made much repu-tation by a series of articles published inaid of President Jacksons fight against theUnited States Bank. At the time of theWhite revolt, he was Chief Justice of theSupreme
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Felix Grundy, History of ^ John Catron. General in his cabinet. Quite as active and hardly less efficient thanPolk and Grundy was John Catron, a man who stood very close toPresident Jackson. He was reared in the Mountain District of Middle Tennessee, and raised himself to the headof his profession by the force of his owntalents and energy. He made much repu-tation by a series of articles published inaid of President Jacksons fight against theUnited States Bank. At the time of theWhite revolt, he was Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of Tennessee, being thefirst and only Chief Justice of that Courtprior to the Civil War. From 1837 to hisdeath, in 1865, he was one of the Judges ofthe Supreme Court of the United States,by appointment of President Johnson served on the staff of his father, General ThomasJohnson, in the Creek War. He was first elected to Congress in 1829,and, with the exception of one term, continued there until 1845, whenhe became Postmaster General in President Polks Cabinet. After hi
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