Born: 24 Sept 1812, Murfreesboro, NC
Died: 14 Nov 1889, Raleigh, NC
Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
Education: Hertford Academy,
Yale College, Yale Law School
Admitted: 1836
House of Commons: 1840, 1858, 1865
NC Senate: 1848
Solicitor: Hertford Co. 1849
United States Congress: 1859
Confederate Congress: 1861
App’t Chief Justice: 14 Jan 1878
Elected Chief Justice: Nov 1878
Term expired: 14 Nov 1889
Preceded by:
Associate Justice: N/A*
Chief Justice: Richmond Pearson
Succeeded by:
Associate Justice: N/A
Chief Justice: Augustus S. Merrimon
Number of Opinions:
1304 Majority
21 Dissenting
35 Concurring
1329 Total
