Today in Supreme Court History: November 21, 1926

11/21/1926: Justice Joseph McKenna died.

Justice Joseph McKenna

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[JoeFromtheBronx]

This seems to be also ran justice week.

Joe from Philadelphia was a congressman, a court of appeals judge, and Attorney General under President William McKinley.

So, he had some significant legal experience, but still freshened up by going to Columbia Law School for about a month when McKinley nominated him as a justice. He was confirmed by a voice vote.

He was a decent justice, nothing special, but he is often most remembered for lingering on much too long after a stroke.

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Also, OTD:

On November 21, 1927, in Gong Lum v. Rice, the Supreme Court ruled against the Chinese American Lum family and upheld Mississippi’s power to force nine-year-old Martha Lum to attend a "colored school" outside the district in which she lived.

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/nov/21