James Moore Wayne

Southern aristocrat, mayor of Savannah, congressman for three terms, justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, James Moore Wayne made love of the federal union the governing principle of his political and judicial career. Here is shown the impact of this southern unionist upon the Supreme Court during the critical period from 1835 to 1867.

Originally published in 1943.

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