McQueen McIntosh

McQueen McIntosh (1822 – June 18, 1868) was an attorney and United States federal judge in the state of Florida. He resigned from the bench in 1861 after Florida seceded from the Union, and was appointed as a judge of the District Court of Florida of the Confederate States of America.

Early life and education

McQueen McIntosh was born in 1822 into a planter family, the son of McQueen McIntosh of Georgia and his wife. His father had been serving as Surveyor and Inspector of the Port of Darien, Georgia in 1818–20. He provided evidence related to prosecution of David Brydie Mitchell, former Georgia governor and then US Indian agent to the Creek people, of Mitchell's receiving illegal African slaves at the Creek agency for sale in the Mississippi Territory.^[1]

As a young man, McIntosh read law with an established firm to prepare to enter the bar. He was in private practice in Jacksonville, Florida, from 1850 to 1856.

On February 27, 1856, McIntosh was nominated by President Franklin Pierce to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, which was vacated by Isaac H. Bronson. McIntosh was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 11, 1856, and received his commission the same day.

McIntosh served in that capacity until the outbreak of the American Civil War, in which he sided with the Confederacy. He submitted his resignation from the federal bench on January 3, 1861. He was appointed as a judge of the District Court of Florida of the Confederate States of America in 1861.

He died at age 46 in Pensacola, Florida.

References

Sources

• McQueen McIntosh at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.