James Jackson (October 18,1819 –January 13,1887) was a United States Representative from Georgia,a judge advocate in the American Civil War,and a chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Jackson was also a trustee of the University of Georgia. He was the son of William Henry Jackson (see Tree That Owns Itself),the grandson of Georgia governor James Jackson,the nephew of Congressman Jabez Young Jackson [1] and first cousin of Howell Cobb.
Jackson was born in Jefferson County,Georgia and named for his famous grandfather. He attended the University of Georgia and graduated in 1837. After passing the bar examination in 1839,he began to practice law in Athens,Georgia. He was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and served from 1845 to 1849. He concurrently served as judge of the superior court from 1846 to 1859. In 1857,was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth United States Congresses and served from March 4,1857,until January 23,1861. With the secession of Georgia from the Union,he resigned from Congress.
Jackson served as judge advocate on the staff of General Stonewall Jackson. After the war he moved to Macon,Georgia to practice law again. In 1875,he was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia and moved to Atlanta,Georgia. He was named as chief justice of the State supreme court in 1880 and served in this position until his death.
James Thompson was a lawyer,politician and jurist from Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Congress and in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,where he was Speaker in 1835. He also served as a federal judge and as a member of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
John Archibald Campbell was an American jurist. He was a successful lawyer in Georgia and Alabama,where he served in the state legislature. Appointed by Franklin Pierce to the United States Supreme Court in 1853,he resigned at the beginning of the American Civil War,traveled south and became an official of the Confederate States of America. After serving six months in a military prison at war's end,he secured a pardon and resumed his law practice in New Orleans,where he also opposed Reconstruction.
Albion Keith Parris was the 5th Governor of Maine,a United States representative from the District of Maine,Massachusetts,a United States senator from Maine,a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine,an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and the 2nd Comptroller of the Currency for the United States Department of the Treasury.
Fernando Cortez Beaman was a teacher,lawyer and politician from Michigan during and after the American Civil War. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as mayor of Adrian,Michigan.
Hiram B. Warner was an American politician,lawyer,educator and jurist from Georgia. He served on the Supreme Court of Georgia (1846–1853) and represented Georgia in the U.S. Congress (1855–1857). He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia on two occasions:first,from 1867 to 1868 and second,from 1872 to 1880.
James Kerr Kelly was an American politician born in Pennsylvania. He was a United States senator for Oregon from 1871 to 1877,and later Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Prior to his election to the Senate he had been elected to both houses of the local legislature,serving in the Territorial House and State Senate,and was a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857.
Luke Potter Poland was an American attorney,politician,and judge from Vermont. A Republican,he was most notable for his service as a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.
Thomas Wilson was an American lawyer,Minnesota congressman and state legislator,associate justice and the second chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Ulysses Mercur was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Joseph Rea Reed was an Iowa Supreme Court justice,one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in southwestern Iowa,and chief justice of a specialized federal court.
William Ellis Niblack was a politician and judge who served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana,a judge on the Indiana Supreme Court,and a member of both the Indiana Senate and the Indiana House of Representatives
Eben Francis Stone was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1881 to 1887.
William Kellogg was a U. S. Representative from Illinois and Chief Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of the Nebraska Territory.
Lemuel Dale Evans was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Orsamus R. Cole was an American lawyer and judge. He served as the 6th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court,and,until 2013,was the longest-serving justice in the Court's history,with nearly 37 years on the high court. He also represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 31st Congress (1849–1850). His name is frequently misspelled as Orasmus.
Asa Hoxie Willie was a United States representative representing Texas and chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court. During the Civil War,he served as a major in the Confederate Army. Willie was elected as a Democrat to one term in Congress from 1873 to 1875 as an at-large member.
Roger Brooke Taney was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States,holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857),ruling that African Americans could not be considered U.S. citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the U.S. territories. Prior to joining the U.S. Supreme Court,Taney served as the U.S. attorney general and U.S. secretary of the treasury under President Andrew Jackson. He was the first Catholic to serve on the Supreme Court.
James Moore Wayne was an American attorney,judge and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1835 to 1867. He previously served as the sixteenth mayor of Savannah,Georgia,from 1817 to 1819 and the member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's at-large congressional district from 1829 to 1835,when he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Andrew Jackson. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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