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Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843–November 21, 1926) was an American politician, U.S. Attorney General and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended St. Joseph's College and the Collegiate Institute at Benicia, California. After being admitted to the bar, he became district attorney for Solano County and then served in the California Assembly for two years.

McKenna was elected to the United States House of Representatives and served for four terms. He became a United States Circuit Court Judge in 1892, having been appointed by President Benjamin Harrison.

In 1897 he was appointed Attorney General of the United States by President William McKinley, and served in that capacity until 1898. He was then appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Justice Stephen J. Field.

McKenna died in 1926 in Washington, D.C.