Background
Mcallister, Matthew Hall was born on November 26, 1800 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Matthew and Hannah (Gibbons) Mcallister.
Mcallister, Matthew Hall was born on November 26, 1800 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Matthew and Hannah (Gibbons) Mcallister.
Graduate Princeton; honorary Doctor of Laws, Columbia, 1860.
Admitted to Georgia bar, 1820, practiced law in Savannah, 1820-1849. Appointed United States district attorney for Southern Georgia, 1827. Member Georgia Senate, 1834-1837.
Mayor of Savannah, several terms.
Opposed nullification. Delegate-at-large Democratic National Convention, 1848.
Declined election as a Georgia delegate to Nashville Convention, 1850. Appointed 1st United States circuit judge in California, 1855-1862.
Author: Eulogy on President Jackson.
Member Georgia Senate, 1834-1837.
Married Louisa Charlotte Cutler, 6 children including Hall, Ward, Cutler, Julian.