
Merrimon, Augustus
16 Nov. 1889 - Nov. 1892
Born:Â 15 Sept 1830, Cherryfields Plantation,
Transylvania Co., NC
Transylvania Co., NC
Died:Â 14 Nov 1892
Buried:Â Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
Education: Norwood’s Male Academy
Read Law:Â John W. Woodfin
Admitted:Â 1852
House of Commons:Â 1860, 1861
United States Senate:Â 1873
Elected to Superior Court:Â 1866
Resigned:Â 1867
App’t to Supreme Court: 29 Sept 1883
Elected to Supreme Court:Â Nov 1886
App’t Chief Justice: 16 Nov 1889
Elected Chief Justice:Â Nov 1890
Died in office:Â 14 Nov 1892
Preceded by:
Associate Justice:Â Thomas Ruffin, Jr.
Chief Justice:Â William N. H. Smith
Succeeded by:
Associate Justice:Â Walter Clark
Chief Justice:Â James E. Shepherd
Number of Opinions:
939 Majority
28 Dissenting
8 Concurring
975 Total