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{{Officeholder
|name=John Catron
|image=
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Matilda Childress
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Associate
|nominator=[[Andrew Jackson]]
|terms=March 8, 1837 – May 30, 1865
|preceded=(none)
|former=y
|succeeded=(none)
}}
|military=y
|allegiance=The United States
|battles=[[War of 1812]]
}}
'''John Catron''' (January 7, 1786 – May 30, 1865) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. A supporter of state rights, Catron nevertheless did not support secession, and left his native [[Tennessee]] because of his opposition to the [[Confederacy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oyez.org/justices/john_catron|work=Oyez|publisher=Chicago-Kent School of Law|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref> He did, however, support [[slavery]], and voted with the majority of the Court in [[Dred Scott v. Sanford]].<ref name="jrank">{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/5063/Catron-John.html|title=John Catron|format=HTML|language=English|work=law.jrank}}</ref> During the [[Civil War]], Catron broadly interpreted the government's war powers.<ref name="jrank"/>
==References==
<references/>
{{Supreme Court|taney=y|chase=y}}
|name=John Catron
|image=
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Matilda Childress
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Associate
|nominator=[[Andrew Jackson]]
|terms=March 8, 1837 – May 30, 1865
|preceded=(none)
|former=y
|succeeded=(none)
}}
|military=y
|allegiance=The United States
|battles=[[War of 1812]]
}}
'''John Catron''' (January 7, 1786 – May 30, 1865) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. A supporter of state rights, Catron nevertheless did not support secession, and left his native [[Tennessee]] because of his opposition to the [[Confederacy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oyez.org/justices/john_catron|work=Oyez|publisher=Chicago-Kent School of Law|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref> He did, however, support [[slavery]], and voted with the majority of the Court in [[Dred Scott v. Sanford]].<ref name="jrank">{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/5063/Catron-John.html|title=John Catron|format=HTML|language=English|work=law.jrank}}</ref> During the [[Civil War]], Catron broadly interpreted the government's war powers.<ref name="jrank"/>
==References==
<references/>
{{Supreme Court|taney=y|chase=y}}