James Clark McReynolds: Defender of the Constitution - Paperback

by Cornelia Wendell Bush (Editor), Ann McReynolds Bush (Author)

James Clark McReynolds, Defender of the Constitution. Biography of US Attorney General and US Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds. The book follows the career of US Attorney General and Associate Justice James Clark McReynolds, who advocated states rights, a strict interpretation of the Constitution, and sound currency based on the gold standard. Under Taft, McReynolds was one of the authors of the Judicial Code.

Author Biography

Ann McReynolds Bush attended the State University of New York where she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature. She took her Master of Library Science Degree at Columbia University. After a career in Education, she began to research her family's history and conducted an extensive study in original documents in Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.