John McClure (judge)

John McClure
Associate Justice of the
Arkansas Supreme Court
In office
1868–1871
Personal details
BornMissing
Ohio
Died1915
Political partyRepublican
Residence(s)(1) Arkansas County
(2) Little Rock, Arkansas
OccupationLawyer
United States Army lieutenant colonel

John McClure (died 1915),[1] nicknamed Poker Jack,[2] was a politician and judge in Arkansas during Reconstruction. He was originally a lawyer from Ohio.[3]

  1. ^ Joseph A. Ranney (1 January 2006). In the Wake of Slavery: Civil War, Civil Rights, and the Reconstruction of Southern Law. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-275-98972-9.
  2. ^ Dan Ryan (24 June 2011). Merryweather. AuthorHouse. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-4634-1445-0.
  3. ^ John Gould Fletcher (1947). Arkansas. University of Arkansas Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-55728-040-4.