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Tennessee

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  1. Draft:David L. Snodgrass - David L. Snodgrass
  2. Draft:Francis Fentriss - Francis Fentriss
  3. Draft:Frank P. Hall - Frank P. Hall
  4. Draft:Henry Crabb (judge) - Henry Crabb (judge)
  5. Draft:John Summerfield Wilkes - John Summerfield Wilkes
  6. Draft:Lyle Reid - Lyle Reid
  7. Draft:Matthew M. Neil - Matthew M. Neil
  8. Draft:Robert McFarland (judge) - Robert McFarland (judge)
  9. Draft:Sam L. Felts - Sam L. Felts
  10. Draft:Thomas L. Williams (judge) - Thomas L. Williams (judge)
  11. Draft:Waller C. Caldwell - Waller C. Caldwell
  12. Draft:William J. Harbison - William J. Harbison
  13. Draft:William K. McAlister - William K. McAlister

Louisiana

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Justices

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  1. Abner Nash Ogden
  2. Albert Duffel
  3. Alexander McKenzie Buchanan
  4. Alfred D. Land
  5. Amos Lee Ponder
  6. Archibald T. Higgins
  7. Charles Austin O'Niell
  8. Charles Erasmus Fenner
  9. David N. Thompson
  10. E. Howard McCaleb
  11. Florent Edouard Simon
  12. Frank W. Hawthorne
  13. Frank A. Monroe
  14. Fred A. Blanche Jr.
  15. Frederick M. Odom
  16. George Rogers King
  17. George Strawbridge
  18. Harney Felix Brunot
  19. Harry T. Lemmon
  20. Henry C. Miller
  21. J. Cleveland Frugé
  22. James G. Campbell
  23. James L. Cole
  24. Joe Busbey Hamiter
  25. John Allen Dixon Jr.
  26. John R. Land
  27. John St. Paul
  28. John T. Ludeling
  29. Joshua G. Baker
  30. Nathaniel W. Bond
  31. Olivier O. Provosty
  32. Paul Leche
  33. Rene A. Viosca
  34. Robert Barr Todd
  35. Robert Byron Jones
  36. Robert Hardin Marr
  37. Robert Reid (judge)
  38. Rufus K. Howell
  39. Samuel A. LeBlanc I
  40. Walter B. Hamlin
  41. Walter B. Sommerville
  42. Walter F. Marcus Jr.
  43. William B. Giles Egan
  44. William B. Hyman
  45. William Gillespie Wyly
  46. William Wirt Howe
  47. Winston Overton
  48. Wynne Grey Rogers
  49. Zenon Labauve Jr.

Wymond on Louisiana Justices

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Alexander Porter, Jr. (January 2, 1821 – December 16, 1833): Born Armagh county, Tyrone, Ireland, 1786; died Attakapas, La., January 13, 1844. His father, a Presbyterian clergyman, was executed in Ireland as an English spy in 1798, and the orphan thereupon came to America with his uncle in 1801. He settled at Nashville, and on the advice of Andrew Jackson moved to Louisiana. Admitted to the bar in 1807. Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1812. Elected to United States Senate, 1833, serving until 1837. Voted as a senator to censure Jackson for removing deposits, and favored Texan Independence. Again elected United States Senator in 1843, and died in office.[1]

Henry Adams Bullard (February 4, 1834 – February 1, 1839; January 1, 1840 – March 19, 1846) : Born Groton, Mass.. September 9, 1788; died New Orleans, April 17, 1851. He was graduated from Harvard in 1807. Shortly thereafter he joined General Toledo to start a revolution in Mexico, and spent the winter of 1812 as his aide at Nashville. In the spring of 1813, he went to New Mexico, and was defeated by the royal troops in a pitched battle at San Antonio. After severe hardships he reached Natchitoches, and started to practice law. In 1822 he was elected to the district bench, and to Congress in 1833, from which he retired to become Justice. Became Secretary of State of Louisiana in 1839, and the following year returned to the bench. In 1847 he became Professor of Civil Law at the University of Louisiana. Served a term in the Legislature, and a few weeks later was re-elected to Congress. After one year of Congress, he fell ill because of the hardships of the return journey, and died. He was the first president of the Louisiana Historical Association.[1]

Henry Carleton (April 1, 1837 – February 1, 1839): Born in Virginia about 1785; died at Philadelphia, March 28, 1863. His family name was originally Coxe. He was graduated from Yale in 1806; he moved to Mississippi, and then to New Orleans in 1814. He served at the Battle of New Orleans as a lieutenant of infantry under Jackson. With Moreau-Lislet he published a translation of the Partidas. He was United States district attorney in 1832, and then became Justice. He resigned from the bench because of ill health, traveled about Europe, and on his return settled in Philadelphia, where he devoted himself to biblical, metaphysical, and philosophical studies. Published Liberty and Necessity (1857), and an Essay on Will (1863). Adhered to the Union during the war.[1]

Pierre Adolphe Rost (March 4, 1839 – June 30, 1839; March 19, 1846 – May 4, 1853): Born in Garonne, France, 1797; died at New Orleans, September 6, 1868. Took part in the defense of Paris, 1814, and then became a member of Napoleon's army. Emigrated in 1816 to America, landing at Natchez, Miss. Subsequently removed to Louisiana. State Legislature, 1822. Selected the name for Lafayette parish when it was created. Defeated for Congress. Appointed to the supreme bench in 1839. and served a few months. Again appointed under the Constitution of 1845. During the Civil War was a Confederate Commissioner to Spain.[1]

George Eustis Sr. (March 4, 1839 – May 30, 1839; December 1, 1839; March 19, 1846-May 4, 1853): First Chief Justice. Born Boston, Mass., October 20, 1796; died New Orleans, December 22, 1858. Was graduated from Harvard, 1815. Served as private secretary to Governor William Eustis, who was then Minister to The Hague. Studied law there, and moved to New Orleans in 1817. Admitted to the bar in 1822. Served several terms in Legislature. Secretary of State, Commissioner of the Board of Currency. Attorney General of Louisiana, member of the Convention of 1845. Became first Chief Justice of Louisiana under the Convention of 1845. Had previously been Associate Justice, and had declined a reappointment as such in December, 1839. LL. D., Harvard.[1]

Rice Garland (January 1, 1840 – March 19, 1846): A native of Virginia. Member of Congress, 1834-40. Died about 1861 in Texas.[1]

Thomas Slidell (March 19, 1846-May 4. 1853; May 4, 1853 July, 1855): Second Chief Justice. Born in New York. 1805, died there 1860. Educated at Yale, and in Spain. Wrote a Year in Spain, and author of A Digest of Supreme Court Decisions, with J. P. Benjamin. Was elected Chief Justice, his opponent being Christian Roselius, under the Constitution of 1852, and at the election was assaulted by a ruffian. This assault affected his brain, and caused his retirement from the bench.[1]

Isaac Trimble Preston (March 1, 1850 – July 5, 1852): Born Rockbridge county, Va., 1793; died on Lake Pontchartrain, La., July 5, 1852. Was graduated from Yale in 1812, and was captain of a volunteer company during the War of 1812. Studied law under William Wirt. Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1845. Was killed by a steamboat disaster while returning from a pleasure trip.[1]

Henry Martyn Spofford (1854 – November 1, 1858): Born Germanton, N. H., September 8, 1821; died Red Sulphur Springs, W. Va., August 20, 1880. Was graduated from Amherst in 1840 at the head of his class. Admitted to bar at Monroe, La., 1846, and practiced at Shreveport, La. District Judge, 1852-54. Resigned from Supreme Court in 1858. After the war was in partnership with John A. Campbell, Ex Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Elected to the United States Senate in 1877, but the Senate seated his opponent. LL. D., Amherst, 1877. Co-author of Louisiana Magistrate.[1]

Thomas Courtland Manning (1864–65;January 9, 1877 – April 5, 1880; December 1, 1882-April 19, 1886) : Sixth Chief Justice. Born at Edenton, N. C, 1831; died New York City, October 11, 1887. Was graduated from the University of North Carolina. Removed to Alexandria, La., 1855. Member of Secession Convention of 1861. Served in the war as a Lieutenant-Colonel and Brigadier-General of the Confederacy, retiring to succeed Bonford as Justice in 1864. He declined Democratic nominations for Governor in 1872, and for presidential elector. He was a vice-president of the Tilden nominating convention. In 1880, he was Democratic presidential elector, and in the same year was appointed United States Senator, but was not admitted. He was named Chief Justice when the Democrats regained control of the state government. In 1882 he was appointed Associate Justice. From 1886 until he died he was United States Minister to Mexico.[1]

James G. Taliaferro (July 1, 1866 – November 3, 1876) : Born Amherst county, Va., 1798; died Catahoula parish, 1876. Educated Transylvania University, Ky. Member of Secession Convention, 1861, but voted against secession and remained a Union man. Of Italian descent. Moved to Louisiana in 1814. Parish judge, 1840. Member of the Constitutional Conventions of 1852 and 1868.[1]

John Edwards Leonard (November 3, 1876 – January 9, 1877) : Born at Chester county, Pa., September 22, 1845; died at Havana, Cuba, March 15, 1878. Was graduated from Harvard and from Heidelberg. Moved to Louisiana, where he became District Attorney, and subsequently Justice. Elected to Congress in 1876.[1]

William B. Spencer (January 9, 1877 – April 5, 1880): Born Catahoula parish, La., February 5, 1835; died at Cordova, Mexico, April 29, 1882. Member of Congress, May 31, 1876 – January 8, 1877.[1]

Samuel Douglas McEnery (June 11, 1888 – March 4, 1897): Born Monroe, La., May 28, 1837; died at New Orleans, June 28, 1910. Was graduated from the Naval Academy, and the University of Virginia. Served in Confederate Army. Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1879–81; Governor, 1881-88. Defeated for Governor in 1892. Elected United States Senator in 1897, and served till he died.[1]

Francis Tillou Nicholls (April 5, 1892 – April 4, 1904; April 4, 1904 – March 18, 1911): Born Donaldsonville, La., 1834; died there January 4, 1912. Was graduated from West Point in 1855, served one year in regular army. Lost an eye, foot, and arm in Civil War, becoming a Major General of Confederate Army. Governor of Louisana. 1876-79, overthrowing Republican rule. Again Governor, 1888–92, overthrowing lottery. Chief Justice, 18921904, when he became Associate Justice. Retired on a pension in 1911, being the first judge in Louisiana to retire on a pension.[1]

Charles Parlange (September 1, 1893 – January 1, 1894): Born Pointe Coupee, La., 1852; died, New Orleans, February 5, 1907. Member Constitutional Convention of 1879. State Senator, United States District Attorney, Lieutenant Governor. Retired from Supreme Court to become Federal District Judge, a position he occupied until his death.[1]

Newton Crain Blanchard (March 4, 1897 – October 17. 1903); Born Rapides parish, January 29, 1849. Was graduated from Louisiana State University. Member Constitutional Convention of 1879. Congressman, 1881–93; United States Senator. 1893-97. Governor, 1904-08. Now practicing law at Shreveport.[1]

Louisiana Superior Court and later divisions of the territory

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Superior Court[2]

Superior Court of the District of Louisiana (1804-1805)
Thomas Terry Davis 1804-1805
John Griffin 1804-1805
Henry Vandenberg 1804-1805
Superior Court of the Territory of Louisiana (1805-1812)
Position One - Appointed
John B.C. Lucas 1805
Position Two - Appointed
Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. 1805
John Coburn 1806
Position Three - Appointed
Rufus Easton 1805
Otho Shrader 1806
William Sprigg 1812
Superior Court of the Territory of Missouri (1812-1819)
Position One - Appointed
John B.C. Lucas con't 1812
Position Two - Appointed
John Coburn con't 1812
Silas Bent 1813
Position Three - Appointed
William Sprigg con't 1812
Alexander Stuart 1814
Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas (1819-1836)
Position One - Appointed
Andrew Scott 1819
Thomas P. Eskridge 1827
Archibald Yell 1835
Position Two - Appointed
Charles Jouett 1819
James Woodson Bates 1819
Benjamin Johnson 1820
Position Three - Appointed
Robert P. Letcher 1819
Joseph Selden 1821
William Trimble 1824
Edward Cross 1830
Position Four - Appointed
James Woodson Bates 1828
Charles S. Bibb 1832
Alexander M. Clayton 1832
Thomas J. Lacy 1835
Clerks of the Superior Court (1819-1836)
D.E. McKinney 1819-1830
William Field 1830-1836
Supreme Court of Arkansas (1836–Present)
Position One - Chief Justice
Daniel Ringo 1836-1844
Thomas Johnson 1845-1852
George C. Watkins 1853-1854
Elbert H. English [Confederate] 1855-1864
Thomas D. W. Yonley 1864-1866
David Walker [ousted by military commander] 1866-1868
W.W. Wilshire 1868-1871
John E. McClure [Constitution of 1868; held Pos. Five] 1871-1874
Elbert H. English 1874-1884
Sterling R. Cockrill 1884-1893
Henry G. Bunn [appointed; then elected] 1893-1904
Joseph M. Hill 1904-1909
Edgar A. McCulloch [appointed; then elected] 1909-1927
Jesse C. Hart 1927-1933
Cecil E. Johnson 1933-1936
Griffin Smith 1937-1955
Lee Seamster [appointed] 1955-1956
Carleton Harris 1957-1980
John A. Fogleman [appointed; prev. held Position Six] 1980
Richard B. Adkisson 1980-1984
Webster Lee Hubbell [appointed] 1984
Jack Holt, Jr. 1985-1995
Bradley D. Jesson [appointed] 1995-1996
W. H. "Dub" Arnold 1997-2003
Betty Dickey [appointed] 2004
Jim Hannah [previously held Position Five] 2005-2015
Howard W. Brill [appointed] 2015-2016
John Dan Kemp 2017 -
Position Two - Associate Justice
Townsend Dickinson 1836-1842
George W. Paschal 1843
William K. Sebastian 1843-1844
Williamson S. Oldham 1845-1848
Christopher C. Scott 1848-1859
Henry M. Rector 1859-1860
Hulbert F. Fairchild 1860-1864
Albert Pike [Confederate] 1864
C.A. Harper 1864-1866
Freeman W. Compton [ousted by military commander] 1866-1868
Lafayette Gregg [Constitution of 1868] 1868-1874
David Walker 1874-1878
Jesse Turner 1878
John R. Eakin 1878-1885
Burrill B. Battle 1885-1910
William F. Kirby 1910-1916
Thomas H. Humphreys [appointed] 1916-1942
R. W. Robins 1943-1949
Robert A. Leflar [appointed] 1949-1950
Sam Robinson 1951-1965
Osro Cobb [appointed] 1965-1966
J. Fred Jones 1967-1977
Elsijane Trimble Roy [appointed] 1977
George Howard, Jr. [appointed] 1977-1978
John I. Purtle 1979-1989
Otis H. Turner [appointed] 1990
Donald L. Corbin 1991-2014
Robin F. Wynne 2015
Position Three - Associate Justice
Thomas J. Lacy 1836-1845
Edward Cross 1845-1846
William Conway 1847-1848
David Walker 1849-1855
Thomas B. Hanley 1856-1858
Felix I. Batson 1859
Freeman W. Compton [Confederate] 1859-1864
John J. Clendenin 1866-1868
Thomas M. Bowen 1868-1871
John E. Bennett 1871-1874
Freeman W. Compton [appointed] 1874
William M. Harrison 1874-1882
William W. Smith 1882-1888
Monte H. Sandels 1889-1890
William W. Mansfield 1891-1894
James E. Riddick [appointed; then elected] 1894-1907
Jesse C. Hart [appointed; then elected] 1907-1927
Edgar L. McHaney 1927-1948
Charles C. Wine [appointed] 1948
George Rose Smith 1949-1987
Tom Glaze 1987-2008
Elana Cunningham Wills [appointed] 2008-2010
Courtney Hudson 2011-
Position Four - Associate Justice
Marshall L. Stephenson [Constitution of 1868] 1873
Wilson E. Hemingway 1889-1893
Richard H. Powell [appointed] 1893
Carroll D. Wood 1893-1929
Turner Butler 1929-1938
W. R. Donham [appointed] 1938
J. Seaborn Holt 1938-1961
Neill Bohlinger [appointed] 1961-1962
J. Frank Holt 1963-1966
Hugh M. Bland [appointed] 1966
Conley Byrd 1967-1980
Richard L. Mays [appointed] 1980
Robert H. Dudley 1981-1996
Ray Thornton 1997-2004
Jim Gunter (judge) 2005-2012
Josephine L. Hart 2013-2020
Barbara Webb 2020-
Position Five - Associate Justice
John McClure [Constitution of 1868] 1868-1871
Elhanan J. Searle [Constitution of 1868] 1871-1873
Simon P. Hughes 1889-1904
Edgar A. McCulloch 1904-1909
Samuel Frauenthal [appointed] 1909-1912
Frank G. Smith 1912-1949
Edwin Dunaway [appointed] 1949-1950
Paul Ward 1951-1968
J. Frank Holt 1969-1983
P. A. "Les" Hollingsworth [appointed] 1984
David Newbern 1985-1998
Lavenski R. Smith [appointed] 1999-2000
Jim Hannah [elected Chief Justice] 2001-2004
Betty Dickey [appointed] 2005-2006
Paul E. Danielson 2007-2016
Shawn A. Womack 2017-
Position Six - Associate Justice
William F. Kirby 1927-1934
Basil Baker 1934-1941
Karl Greenhaw [appointed] 1941-1942
Ben Carter 1943
Robert C. Knox [appointed] 1943-1944
Minor W. Millwee 1945-1958
William J. Smith [appointed] 1958
Jim Johnson 1959-1966
Guy Amsler [appointed] 1966
John A. Fogleman [appointed Chief Justice] 1967-1980
John F. Stroud, Jr. [appointed] 1980
Steele Hays 1981-1994
Andree Layton Roaf [appointed] 1995-1996
Annabelle Clinton Imber 1997-2009
William H. Bowen [appointed] 2010
Ronald Lee Sheffield [appointed] 2010
Karen R. Baker 2011-
Position Seven - Associate Justice
James W. Mehaffy [died before assuming office] 1927
Tom M. Mehaffy [appointed; then elected] 1927-1942
Ed F. McFaddin 1943-1966
Lyle Brown 1967-1975
Elsijane Trimble Roy [appointed] 1975-1977
Darrell Hickman 1977-1990
Dale Price [appointed] 1990
Robert L. Brown 1991-2012
Cliff Hoofman [appointed] 2013-2014
Rhonda K. Wood 2015

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, ‎Henry Plauché Dart, eds., The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1922), p. 115-116. Cite error: The named reference "Wymond" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Justices, Judges and Officers of the Courts". Judiciary of Arkansas. Retrieved March 22, 2021.

Texas stubs

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Justices of Texas 1836-1986, Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research, The University of Texas at Austin

  1. A. S. Walker
  2. C. L. Ray Jr.
  3. C. S. Slatton
  4. Clyde E. Smith
  5. Colbert Caldwell
  6. F. A. Williams
  7. Few Brewster
  8. Frank P. Culver Jr.
  9. Franklin S. Spears
  10. George F. Moore (Texas judge)
  11. George W. Smith (judge)
  12. Graham B. Smedley
  13. Hawthorne Phillips
  14. J. E. Hickman
  15. J. L. Henry
  16. James Denison
  17. James G. Denton
  18. James H. Bell
  19. James P. Alexander
  20. James P. Hart
  21. James P. Wallace
  22. James R. Norvell
  23. John H. Sharp
  24. John M. Hansford
  25. John W. Stayton
  26. Joseph Burton Dibrell Jr.
  27. Leroy G. Denman
  28. Livingston Lindsay
  29. Milford Phillips Norton
  30. Meade F. Griffin
  31. R. H. Harvey
  32. Raul A. Gonzalez
  33. Reuben A. Reeves
  34. Reuben R. Gaines
  35. Richard Critz
  36. Robert M. Campbell
  37. Robert W. Calvert
  38. Robert W. Hamilton (judge)
  39. Ross E. Doughty
  40. Ruel C. Walker
  41. Sawnie Robertson
  42. Sears McGee
  43. T. C. Chadick
  44. Thomas B. Greenwood
  45. Thomas Jefferson Brown
  46. W. F. Moore
  47. Wesley Ogden
  48. William E. Hawkins
  49. William E. Jones (politician)
  50. William J. Jones
  51. William M. Taylor
  52. William Pierson (judge)
  53. William W. Kilgarlin