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termined to avail himself of the opportunity afforded by reason of these vicious attacks that attracted the attention of the whole country, to push his friend for the Presidency. In 1821 he had introduced in the Tennessee Legislature a resolution which was passed, recommending General Jackson to the other States as a suitable candidate. He prepared this resolution as well as the speech of the member introducing it. He drew the resolution adopted by a popular meeting at Nashville.

John Haywood was born in Halifax County, N. C., in 1753. He was the son of Egbert Haywood, a gallant officer in the Revolution. The young Haywood likewise served in that conflict. Beginning the practice of law in his native State, he made such a reputation as an advocate that in 1791 he was elected Attorney-General of North Carolina. In 1794 he was elevated to the bench of the Superior Court of that State, on which he served for twelve years. Chief-Justice Henderson afterwards

These were followed wrote of him : " I dis by resolutions in Penn parage neither the liv sylvania and Mary ing nor the dead when land; and the move I say that an abler man ment was fairly started than Judge Haywood that landed General never appeared at the Jackson in the Presi bar or sat on the bench dency seven years of North Carolina." later. Judge Overton He resigned his judgedied in 1833, just after ship to defend an old the inauguration of friend charged with President Jackson for forging land warrants. his second term. So high was public Judge White and prejudice against his Judge Overton were client that odium at the two great pioneers tached to his lawyer of the Supreme Court. as well; and this determined Judge Haywood to remove to the

Their families were united by marriage,

the sister of Judge ^онх НА™-ооо. rapidly growing State White becoming the of Tennessee. He wife of Judge Overton. settled at Nashville. In 1816 he was put

William Wilcox Cooke, an eminent practitioner, who had shortly before taken up the work of reporting the decisions of the Supreme Court, where it had been left off by Judge Overton, on Jan. 1, 1815, succeeded Judge White; but his judicial career was cut short by his untimely death, July 20, 1816.

on the Supreme Bench, where he sat until his death in December, 1826. Aside from his very arduous labor as judge, he found

time for a great deal of other work. In 1801 he published a " Manual of the Laws of North Carolina " and " Haywood's Jus tice," which he followed with a report of The vacancy made an opening for a most the opinions of the Superior Court of North unique character, John Haywood, whose Carolina from 178910 1806. He continued strong personality was to dominate the bench this work of reporting after he became a Su for the next ten years, and earn for him the preme Judge of Tennessee, publishing three volumes of reports. He did in addition a name of the " Mansfield of the Southwest."