McKENNA
McKENNEY
1790, and served on the Portsmouth and Amelia
circuits until the close of 1791, when he was
ordained an elder and appointed to the Green-
ville circuit, where he labored until November,
1792. He served on various circuits in Virginia
and on the Union circuit in South Carolina until
1796. He was then appointed presiding elder of
the Richmond district, and in 1799, of the Balti-
more district, returning to the Richmond district
in 1800. In September, 1800, he was appointed
presiding elder of the Kentucky district, and in
1804 presided over the conference at Mt. Garretson ,
Ky., in the absence of the Bishops Asbury and
Whatcoat. He was transferred to the Cumber-
land district in Illinois in 1805, and in 1807
preached in Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri. He
was a delegate to the General conference in Bal-
timore, Md., in May, 1808, and was there elected
bishop to take the place of Bishop Whatcoat, who
died in 1806. He was consecrated in the Light
Street church, Baltimore, Md., May 17, 1808, by
Bishop Asbury assisted by Elders Garretson,
Bruce, Lee and Ware. In 1808-09 he travelled
with Bishop Asbury, visiting nearly all the states
and a part of Canada. He also drew up the by-
laws which were adopted by all the conferences
in 1810-11. After the death of Bishop Asbury in
1816, and on the election of Enoch George and
Robert R. Roberts as bishops, the districts of the
bishops were defined. In 1818 he visited the ex-
treme western conferences and Indian mission.
His health failing he was released from active
labor in the conferences in 1820, and continued
to travel in the west among the Indians. He also
attended important conferences in the different
states, and presided at the general conference at
Baltimore, Md., in 1824, and Pittsburg, Pa., in
1828. In 1829 he retired from his labors and re-
sided with his father's family who had removed to
Sumner county, Tenn., in 1810. He resumed his
duties in 1830, in New Orleans, La., and in October,
1830. attended the Kentucky conference at Rus-
sellville. He attended the General conference in
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1832, where he consecrated
Bishops Andrews and Emery, and in 1834 he
made a southern tour, returning to Nashville,
Tenn. He attended the Tennessee conference at
Lebanon in 1834, and then returned to the resi-
dence of his brother. Dr. James McKendree, in
Tennessee. Bishop Robert Paine wrote Life and
Times of Bishop McKendree (2 vols., 1859). He
died in Sumner county, Tenn., March 5, 1835.
McKENNA, Joseph, jurist, was born in Phil- adelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1843; son of John and Mary McKenna. He attended St. Joseph college and removed with his parents to California in January, 1855, and located at Benicia, Solano county, where he attended the public schools and was graduated from Benicia Collegiate insti-
tute in 1865. He studied law with Professor
Abbott and was admitted to the bar in 1865. He
was district attorney of Solano county, 1866-68 ;
was married in 1969 to Amanda F. Borneman of
San Francisco, removed to Suisun, Cal., and en-
gaged in the practice
of his profession. He
was a representative
in the state legis-
lature, 1875-76, an
unsuccessful candi-
date for represent-
ative in the 45th and
46th congresses, 1876
and 1878, and was a
Republican represent-
ative in the 49th-52d
congresses, 1885-93.
He resigned in 1893
to accept the ap-
pointment by Pres-
ident Harrison, of
judge of the U.S. circuit court, and served in that capacity from 1892 till March 4, 1896, when he was made attorney-general in the cabinet of President McKinley. On Dec. 16, 1897, he was appointed by President McKinley associate justice of the U.S. supreme court as successor to Justice Field, retired, and he took his seat on the supreme court bench, Jan. 26, 1898.
McKENNAN, Thomas McKean Thompson, representative, was born at Dragon Neck, New- castle county, Del., March 31, 1794 ; son of Capt. William and Elizabeth (Thompson) McKennan. He was graduated from Washington college, Pa., in 1810, was admitted to the bar in 1814, and practised law in Washington, Pa. He was mar- ried, Dec. 6, 1815, to Matilda, daughter of Jacob Bowman of Washington, Pa. He was deputy attorney-general for Washington county, 1815- 17 ; and a Whig representative in the 22d, 23d,. 24th, 25th and 27th congresses, 1831-39 and 1841- 43. He was a presidential elector on the Harri- son and Tyler ticket in 1840, on the Taylor and Fillmore ticket in 1848, and president of the elec- toral college in 1849. He was appointed secretary of the interior by President Fillmore in 1850, but after one month's service resigned and returned to his practice in Washington, Pa. He received the degree LL.D. from Jefferson college. Pa., in 1848 ; and was a trustee of Washington college, 1818-52. He died in Reading, Pa. , July 9, 1852.
McKENNEY, James Hall, clerk of the supreme court of tlie United States, was. born near Bel- air, Md., July 12, 1837 ; son of John and Mary J. (Hall) McKenney ; grandson of John and Mary (Hanna) McKenney and of James and Jane (Bowman) Hall ; and a descendant of John McKenney, who came from the north of Ireland
