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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.
OVERVIEW: FULL NAME: John Macpherson Berrien. BORN: August 23, 1781. Rocky Hill, New Jersey. DIED: January 1, 1856 (age 74) Savannah, Georgia.
The father of John Macpherson Berrien was Major John Berrien, a brave soldier of the Revolution, who as Brigade Major in the army of General Lachlan Mclntosh served gallantly at Valley Forge, at Mon-mouth, and in several engagements of the Revolution. His mother was Margaret Macpherson Berrien of Phila-delphia, sister of John Macpherson, aid-de ...
John M. Berrien's family moved to Georgia in 1783. However, Berrien was sent to New York and New Jersey for education and graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1796. He returned to Georgia to study law and was admitted to the bar in 1799.
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 (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.
