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John Macpherson Berrien (August 23, 1781 – January 1, 1856) was a United States senator from Georgia and Attorney General of the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson .
John MacPherson Berrien was born in 1781 in Rocky Hill, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton College in 1796 and was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1799. Berrien began his law practice in 1799, at the age of 18, and worked as a private attorney until 1810 when he assumed the judgeship of the Eastern District of Georgia.
FULL NAME: John Macpherson Berrien. BORN: August 23, 1781. Rocky Hill, New Jersey. DIED: January 1, 1856 (age 74) Savannah, Georgia. EDUCATION: Princeton University (1796) POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic (before 1834) Whig (1834–1856) HIGHLIGHTS: 1782: Moved to Savannah, Georgia. 1799: Admitted to the Bar, Began Practicing Law in Georgia. 1809:
Jun 3, 2019 · John Macpherson Berrien (1781–1856) was a well-known constitutional lawyer, U.S. Senator from Georgia, and Attorney General under President Andrew Jackson. Correspondence and legal papers (1778–1938) of Berrien and his son, Lawrence Cecil Berrien, and papers of the Falligant family, which was related by marriage to the Berriens.
Berrien, John M. Born: 1781-08-23 Rocky Hill, New Jersey Died: 1856-01-01 Savannah, Georgia John M. Berrien's family moved to Georgia in 1783.
Mar 31, 2006 · John Macpherson Berrien was an eloquent lawyer, a U.S. senator, and the attorney general of the United States during U.S. president Andrew Jackson’s administration. Berrien County , created in south Georgia in 1856, is named for him.
John MacPherson Berrien was born at Rockingham, N.J., on 23 August 1781, but grew up in Savannah, Ga., after his father, John Berrien, a major in the Continental Army, acquired a number of plantations in Georgia.
