List of Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court
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Territory of Orleans (1804-1812)
(three judges)- John Bartow PrevostJohn Bartow PrevostJohn Bartow Prevost was the first judge of the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans from 1804-1808.-Early life and family:Prevost was born on March 6, 1766 in Paramus, New Jersey...
1804-1808 - Ephraim KirbyEphraim KirbyEphraim Kirby was a Revolutionary War soldier, published the first volume of law reports in the United States, was the first General High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons of the United States and was the first judge of the Superior Court of the Mississippi Territory.-Early life:Kirby was born in...
1804 (died en route to New Orleans) - Peter Stephen DuponceauPeter Stephen DuPonceauPeter Stephen Du Ponceau or DuPonceau, born Pierre-Étienne Du Ponceau, was a French linguist, philosopher, and jurist...
1804 (declined Jefferson'sThomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
appointment) - William SpriggWilliam SpriggWilliam Sprigg was a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, the Superior Court of the Orleans Territory and the highest court of the Illinois Territory.-Early life:...
1805-1807 - George Mathews, Jr.George Mathews (judge)George Mathews, Jr. was a Judge of the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans and a Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1813 until his death in 1836.-Early life:...
1805-1813 - Joshua LewisJoshua Lewis (judge)Joshua Lewis was a judge of the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans and, after Louisiana became a state, the 1st Judicial District Court of that state.-Early life:...
1806-1813 - John ThompsonJohn Thompson (Louisiana)John Thompson was a registrar of lands in the Western District of the Territory of Orleans and judge of the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans....
1808-1810 - Francois Xavier MartinFrancois Xavier MartinFrançois Xavier Martin , was an American jurist and author, the first Attorney General of State of Louisiana, and longtime Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Born in France, he immigrated to North Carolina before the American Revolutionary War...
1810-1813
Constitution of 1812
(three to five judges appointed by the governor)- Dominic Augustin HallDominic Augustin HallDominic Augustin Hall was a United States federal judge, appointed by two different presidents to four federal judicial positions....
1813 - Pierre DerbignyPierre DerbignyPierre Augustin Charles Bourguignon Derbigny was the sixth Governor of Louisiana. Born in 1769, at Laon near Lille, France, the eldest son of Augustin Bourguignon d'Herbigny who was President of the Directoire de l'Aisne and Mayor of Laon, and Louise Angelique Blondela.Derbigny studied law at...
1813-1821 (Chief Judge from 1813–1821) - George Mathews, Jr.George Mathews (judge)George Mathews, Jr. was a Judge of the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans and a Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1813 until his death in 1836.-Early life:...
1813-1836 (Chief Judge from 1822–1836) - Francois Xavier MartinFrancois Xavier MartinFrançois Xavier Martin , was an American jurist and author, the first Attorney General of State of Louisiana, and longtime Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Born in France, he immigrated to North Carolina before the American Revolutionary War...
1815-1846 (Chief Judge from 1836–1846) - Alexander Porter, Jr.Alexander PorterAlexander Porter was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1801 with an uncle, who settled in Nashville, Tennessee...
1821-1834 - Henry Adams BullardHenry Adams BullardHenry Adams Bullard was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served two terms as a Democrat and one as a Whig....
1835-1839 - Henry Carlton 1837-1839
- Pierre Adolphe RostPierre Adolphe RostPierre Adolphe Rost was a Louisiana politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge, and plantation owner.- Early Life and Emigration to the United States :...
1839 - George Eustis, Sr.George Eustis, Sr.-References:...
1839 - George Strawbridge 1839
- Rice GarlandRice GarlandRice Garland was a United States Representative from Louisiana.Garland was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and he pursued a basic education, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law. He moved to Opelousas, Louisiana in 1820 and continued the practice of his profession...
1840-1846 - Alonzo Morphy 1840-1846
- Henry Adams BullardHenry Adams BullardHenry Adams Bullard was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served two terms as a Democrat and one as a Whig....
1840-1846 - Edward Simpson 1840-1846
Constitution of 1845
(three associate justices and one chief justice)- Pierre Adolphe RostPierre Adolphe RostPierre Adolphe Rost was a Louisiana politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge, and plantation owner.- Early Life and Emigration to the United States :...
1846-1854 - George Eustis 1846-1854
- George Rogers King 1846-1850
- Thomas Slidell (Chief Justice) 1846-1856
- Isaac Trimble Preston 1850-1853
Constitution of 1852
(four associate justices elected in districts and one chief justice elected at-large)- William DunbarWilliam Dunbar (Louisiana)William Dunbar was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.He was born in Virginia in 1805 and completed preparatory studies before moving to Alexandria, Virginia, where he engaged in the practice of law in the early 1830s...
1852-1853 - Cornelius Voorhies 1854-1860
- Alexander McKenzie Buchanan 1854
- Abner Nash Ogden 1854-1856
- James G. Campbell 1854-1855
- Henry Spofford 1855-1859
- James Neilson Lea 1856-1857
- Edwin T. Merrick 1856-1866
- James L. Cole 1857-1860
- Thomas Thompson Land 1860-1866
- Albert Voorhies 1860-1866
- Albert Duffel 1860-1864
- Thomas Courtland ManningThomas Courtland ManningThomas Courtland Manning was an American jurist, born in Edenton, North Carolina, in 1831; died in New York city, 11 October 1887.Manning's ancestors came from England to Virginia in the 17th century. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina, admitted to the bar, and practiced for a...
1864-1865
Constitution of 1864
(four associate justices and one chief justice appointed by the governor for 8 year terms)- Peter Emile Bonford 1865-1866
- William B. Hyman 1866-1869
- Zenon Labauve, Jr. 1866-1869
- Rufus K. Howell 1866-1877
- John Henry Ilsley 1866-1869
- Robert Byron Jones 1866
- James G. Taliaferro 1867-1877
- John T. Ludeling 1869-1877
- William Gillespie Wyly 1869-1877
- William Wirt Howe 1869-1873
- John H. Kennard 1873-1874
- Philip Hickey Morgan 1873-1877
- John Edwards Leonard 1874
- John Edward King 1877
- Thomas Courtland ManningThomas Courtland ManningThomas Courtland Manning was an American jurist, born in Edenton, North Carolina, in 1831; died in New York city, 11 October 1887.Manning's ancestors came from England to Virginia in the 17th century. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina, admitted to the bar, and practiced for a...
1877-1880 - Robert Hardin Marr 1877-1880
- Alcibiade de Blanc 1877-1880
- William Giles Egan 1877-1879
- William Brainerd Spencer 1877-1880
- Edward Douglass WhiteEdward Douglass WhiteEdward Douglass White, Jr. , American politician and jurist, was a United States senator, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and the ninth Chief Justice of the United States. He was best known for formulating the Rule of Reason standard of antitrust law. He also sided with the...
1879-80
Constitution of 1879
(four associate justices and one chief justice appointed by the governor for 12 year terms)- John E. King 1880
- Edward Bermudez 1880-1891
- Felix P. Poché 1880-1890
- Robert Barr Todd 1880-1888
- Henry A. Lazarus 1880
- William Mallory Levy 1880-1883
- Charles E. Fenner 1880-1893
- Thomas Courtland ManningThomas Courtland ManningThomas Courtland Manning was an American jurist, born in Edenton, North Carolina, in 1831; died in New York city, 11 October 1887.Manning's ancestors came from England to Virginia in the 17th century. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina, admitted to the bar, and practiced for a...
1882-1888 - Lynn B. Watkins 1886
- Samuel D. McEnerySamuel D. McEnerySamuel Douglas McEnery served as the 30th Governor of Louisiana from 1881 until 1888, and as a United States Senator from 1897 until 1910....
1888-1891 - Lynn B. Watkins 1889-1901
- Joseph A. Breaux 1890-1899
- Francis T. NichollsFrancis T. NichollsFrancis Redding Tillou Nicholls was an American attorney, politician, judge, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
1892-1911 - Charles ParlangeCharles ParlangeCharles Parlange was a Louisiana state senator, United States Attorney, Louisiana Lieutenant Governor, Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and United States federal judge.-Early life:...
1893-1894 - Henry C. Miller 1894-1897
- Newton C. BlanchardNewton C. BlanchardNewton Crain Blanchard was a United States Representative, Senator, and the 33rd Governor of Louisiana. Born in Rapides Parish, he completed academic studies, studied law in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1868, and graduated from the Tulane University Law School in 1870...
1897-1901
Constitution of 1898
(five justices appointed by the governor, with the chief justice determined by time in service)- Frank A. Monroe 1899-1922
- Olivier O. Provosty 1901-1923
- Alfred D. Land 1904-1917
- Walter B. Sommerville 1911-1922
- Luther Hall 1912
Constitution of 1913
(five justices elected by the people, with the chief justice determined time in service)- Charles Austin O'Neil 1914-1950
- Paul Leche 1917-1919
- Ben C. Dawkins, Sr. 1919-1931
Constitution of 1921
(seven justices elected by the people, with the chief justice determined time in service)- Joshua G. Baker 1922-1923
- Robert Reid 1923-1924
- David N. Thompson 1924-1931
- Winston Overton 1931-1935
- John St. Paul 1931-1935
- John R. Land 1931-1941
- Wynne Grey Rogers 1922-1946
- Harney Felix Brunot 1931-1937
- Fred R. Odom 1931-1945
- Archibald T. Higgins 1931-1946
- John B. FournetJohn B. FournetJohn Baptiste Fournet was a Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, lieutenant governor of his state, and associate justice and Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court...
1935-1970 (Chief Justice 1949-1970) - Amos Lee Ponder, Jr. 1937-?
- Harmon Caldwell DrewHarmon Caldwell DrewHarmon Caldwell Drew was a lawyer from Minden, Louisiana, who served prior to 1945 as the district attorney of Bossier and Webster parishes and then as a judge of both the district and the state appeal courts. His political career ended with his defeat by future Governor Robert F. Kennon...
?-1940 - Robert F. KennonRobert F. KennonRobert Floyd Kennon, Sr., known as Bob Kennon , was the 48th Governor of Louisiana, serving from 1952-1956. He failed to win a second non-consecutive term in the 1963 Democratic primary....
1940-1942 - E. Howard McCaleb, Jr. 1941-1943
- Francis Willard Hawthorne 1941-?
- Harmon Caldwell DrewHarmon Caldwell DrewHarmon Caldwell Drew was a lawyer from Minden, Louisiana, who served prior to 1945 as the district attorney of Bossier and Webster parishes and then as a judge of both the district and the state appeal courts. His political career ended with his defeat by future Governor Robert F. Kennon...
1942-1945 - Joe Busbey Hamiter 1943-?
- Robert F. KennonRobert F. KennonRobert Floyd Kennon, Sr., known as Bob Kennon , was the 48th Governor of Louisiana, serving from 1952-1956. He failed to win a second non-consecutive term in the 1963 Democratic primary....
1945-1947 - E. Howard McCaleb, Jr. 1947-?
- Nathaniel W. Bond 1947-1948
- Harold A Moise 1948-?
- J. Cleveland Fruge 1949
- Sam A. LeBlanc 1950-?
- James D. SimonJames D. SimonJames Dudley Simon was a Democratic politician and jurist who capped his career with elected service on the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1955 to 1960.-Biography:...
1955-1960 - Albert A. Tate, Jr. 1958-?
- Walter B. Hamlin 1958-?
- John Allen Dixon, Jr. 1971-80
- Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.Pascal Frank Calogero, Jr. , is the former Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He is a graduate of Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, where he was initiated into the Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity. He resides in New Orleans, LouisianaHe was first elected to the Court in...
1973-2008
Constitution of 1974
(seven justices elected in single-member districts, with the chief justice determined time in service)- Peter Hill BeerPeter Hill BeerPeter Hill Beer is a United States federal judge.Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Beer was a Sergeant in the United States Army toward the end of World War II, from 1945 to 1946. He received a B.B.A. from Tulane University in 1949 and an LL.B. from Tulane Law School in 1952. He was a Captain in the...
1978-1979 - Edwin EdwardsEdwin EdwardsEdwin Washington Edwards served as the Governor of Louisiana for four terms , twice as many terms as any other Louisiana chief executive has served. Edwards was also Louisiana's first Roman Catholic governor in the 20th century...
1980 - Revius Ortique, JrRevius Ortique, JrRevius Oliver Ortique, Jr. was an American jurist, first Afro-American justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and civil rights activist....
1992-1994