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John Fitch Kinney (1816 - 1902) served twice as chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Utah. Born April 2, 1816, in New Haven, New York, Kinney studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837. He practiced law in Ohio and Iowa before President Franklin Pierce appointed him chief justice of the Utah Territorial supreme court in 1854. He served in that position until 1857, when he moved to and began practicing law in Nebraska City, Nebraska. In 1860, President James Buchanan re-appointed him chief justice in Utah. He served in Utah until March 1863, when he was elected Utah's delegate to the 38th Congress. He served one term. Kinney was directly involved in the events leading up to the Morrisite War and allowed a condemnation of territorial governor Stephen S. Harding to be read into the public record after Harding issued a blanket pardon for all Morrisites convicted in connection with the war. Kinney died on August 16, 1902, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is buried in San Diego, California.
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- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. [1]
