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Edwin T. Merrick
Edwin Thomas Merrick (July 9, 1809 – January 12, 1897) was the third Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from July 1855 to April 3, 1865. Biography Edwin T. Merrick was born in Wilbraham, Massachusetts on July 9, 1809. He moved to Ohio, where he was admitted to the Bar of Ohio in 1833, and then in 1838 moved to Clinton, Louisiana.Lamar C. Quintero, "The Supreme Court of Louisiana", in Horace A. Fuller, ed., ''The Green Bag'', Vol. 3 (1891), p. 118.''Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana'' (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., ''The Louisiana Historical Quarterly'' (1922), p. 119. There, he was appointed as a district judge, and upon the resignation of Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Slidell in 1855, Merrick was elected to that office. Merrick is reported as having been "a very industrious, able, and efficient judge". Though in politics he was "an earnest Whig and Union man", once the American Civil War had begun, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Justice E
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bordered by the state of Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs). The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans, with a population of roughly 383,000 people. Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th century Louisiana French, Dominican Creole, Spanish, French Canadian, Acadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
