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Tennessee

Court website with brief biographies
James W. Ely, et al., eds., A History of the Tennessee Supreme Court (2002)
The Green Bag, Volume 5 (1893), p. 120: Albert D. Marks, "The Supreme Court of Tennessee", Part I.
The Green Bag, Volume 5 (1893), p. 171: Albert D. Marks, "The Supreme Court of Tennessee", Part II.
The Green Bag, Volume 5 (1893), p. 225: Albert D. Marks, "The Supreme Court of Tennessee", Part III.
The Green Bag, Volume 5 (1893), p. 275: Albert D. Marks, "The Supreme Court of Tennessee", Part IV.

Louisiana

Justices

Wymond on Louisiana Justices

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

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

^ ^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).
^ "Justices, Judges and Officers of the Courts". Judiciary of Arkansas. Retrieved March 22, 2021.

Texas stubs

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

[Wymond-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.

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