John J. Clendenin (September 2, 1813 – July 4, 1876) was a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1866 to 1868.
He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He worked at a post office and studied law under George M. Dallas. He also clerked for Simon Cameron.[1]
From 1851 to 1856 he served as Attorney General of Arkansas[2] (ex officio) and then returned to a position as a circuit judge.
References
edit- ^ "John J. Clendenin (1813–1876)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ Fay Hempstead, A Pictorial History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890 (1890), p. 1193.
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