Born: 19 Aug 1846, Prospect Hill Plantation,
Halifax Co., NC
Died: 1924
Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
Education: Belmont School,
Tew’s Military Academy,
UNC,
Columbia Law School
Read Law:
Admitted: 1867
App’t to Superior Ct: 15 Apr 1885
App’t to Supreme Ct: 16 Nov 1889
Elected to Supreme Ct: 1890, 1910, 1918
Elected Chief Justice: 1903
Re-elected: 1910, 1918
Died in office: 19 May 1924
Preceded by:
Associate Justice: Augustus Merrimon
Chief Justice: David Furches
Succeeded by:
Associate Justice: Platt Walker
Chief Justice: William A. Hoke
Number of Opinions:
2600 Majority
302 Dissenting
145 Concurring
3047 Total
