= Matthew H. McAllister = '''Matthew H. !McAllister''' was a [[UnitedStates/DemocraticParty|Democratic]] politician and [[UnitedStates/HouseOfRepresentatives|congressman]] for Georgia. <> ---- == History == !McAllister served in the '''Georgia Senate''' for 1834-1837 to represent Chatham county. He serves as mayor of [[UnitedStates/Savannah|Savannah]] for 1837-1839, than as an alderman for 1839-1841. He was nominated by the [[UnitedStates/DemocraticParty|Democratic Party]] for the 1845 gubernatorial election, but narrowly lost to [[UnitedStates/GeorgeWCrawford|Crawford]]. In 1853, !McAllister was the Democratic [[UnitedStates/Senate|senatorial]] candidate. Instead, the Assembly appointed [[UnitedStates/RobertToombs|Toombs]], who notably switched from [[UnitedStates/ConstitutionalUnionParty|Constitutional Union]] to Democrat by the time that the Congressional term began. He is the only justice of the '''Circuit Court for the Districts of California''', ever. He was appointed to the newly established court in 1855 by [[UnitedStates/FranklinPierce|Pierce]]. He resigned in 1863, and the circuit court was conspicuously disestablished two months later. ---- == Policies == ---- CategoryRicottone