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Justice Walker (other)
Justice Walker may refer to: * A. S. Walker (1826–1896), justice of the Texas Supreme Court * Abram Joseph Walker (1819–1872), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama * Dawson A. Walker (c. 1820–1881), justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia * David Walker (Arkansas politician) (1806–1879), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court * David S. Walker (1815–1891), justice of the Florida Supreme Court * Moses B. Walker (1819–1895), justice of the Texas Supreme Court * Pinkney H. Walker (1815–1885), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois * Platt D. Walker (1849–1923), justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court * Reuben E. Walker (1851–1922), justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court * Richard Wilde Walker (1823–1874), associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court * Richard Wilde Walker Jr. (1857–1936), associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court * Robert F. Walker (1850–1930), justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri * Ruel C. Walker (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abram Joseph Walker
A. J. Walker (November 24, 1819 – April 25, 1872) was an American judge from Alabama was elected to the Alabama Supreme Court in 1855.Garrett, William. "Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama for Thirty Years", 1872. A graduate of Nashville University, Walker moved to Alabama in 1841 as a professor and taught mathematics, Latin and Greek. In 1856, Walker requested Congressman Sampson Willis Harris secure an appointment for John Pelham to the United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high groun ....Brewer, Wilson Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872 1872 References 1819 births 1872 deaths Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama 19th-century American people 19th-century American judges Jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawson A
Dawson may refer to: People and fictional characters *Dawson (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Dawson (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Places Antarctica * Dawson Head, Palmer Land * Dawson Nunatak, Mac. Robertson Land * Dawson Peak, Ross Dependency Australia *Division of Dawson, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *Dawson River (New South Wales) *Dawson River (Queensland), a river in eastern Queensland, Australia * Dawson, South Australia, a locality and former town northeast of Peterborough Canada *Dawson City, Yukon *Dawson (electoral district), Yukon Territory * Dawson Range (Yukon), in the Yukon Ranges *Dawson Creek, a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada *Dawson Range (British Columbia) *Dawson Falls, British Columbia *Dawson, Ontario *Dawson Township, Ontario (other) * Dawson Trail (electoral district), Manitoba Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Walker (Arkansas Politician)
David Walker (February 19, 1806 – September 30, 1879) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge and notable early settler of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Walker served on the Arkansas Supreme Court for a total of eight years, including two years as chief justice. Early life and career Walker was born near Elkton, Kentucky on February 19, 1806 to Jacob Wythe Walker and Nancy Hawkins Walker, members of a prominent family in the Southern United States. He grew up with little formal schooling and read law by himself. In 1830, Walker moved to Arkansas, where he was examined to become a lawyer by Ben Johnson and Edward Cross before moving to Fayetteville, Arkansas, a small settlement in northwestern Arkansas. He became active in Whig politics and was elected to a two-year term as prosecuting attorney for the Third Circuit Court of Arkansas Territory beginning September 13, 1833. He was re-elected in 1834, but resigned following election to the 9th Arkansas Territorial General Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David S
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses B
Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Druze faith, the Baháʼí Faith and other Abrahamic religions. According to both the Bible and the Quran, Moses was the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver to whom the authorship, or "acquisition from heaven", of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) is attributed. According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Israelites, an enslaved minority, were increasing in population and, as a result, the Egyptian Pharaoh worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, secretly hid him when Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinkney H
Pinkney may refer to: People Surname * Alan Pinkney (born 1947), English footballer *Andrea Davis Pinkney (born 1963), American children's author *Bill Pinkney (1925–2007), American performer and singer, member of The Drifters * Bob Pinkney (born 1934), Canadian football player *Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (born 1746), early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention * Cleveland Pinkney (born 1977), American football player * Colleen Pinkney (born 1957), Canadian curler *David H. Pinkney (1914–1993), American historian *David Pinkney (born 1952), English racing driver *Dwight Pinkney (born 1945), Jamaican guitarist *Edward Coote Pinkney (1802–1828), minor American poet *Edward Pinkney, American founder of Black Autonomy Network Community Organization * Ernie Pinkney, Scottish footballer *Fayette Pinkney (1948–2009), American singer *George Pinkney (1859–1926), American baseball player *Isiah Pinkney (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platt D
__NOTOC__ Platt may refer to: Places * Platt, Austria * Platt, Florida, an unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida, United States * Platt, Kent, England People * Platt (surname) * Platt baronets, two baronetcies of the United Kingdom Other uses * Leggett & Platt, manufacturing company * Low German, in German known as "Plattdeutsch", "Plattdüütsch", "Platt" * Platt Amendment, a 1901 U.S. law pertaining to Cuba-U.S. relations * Platt Brothers, manufacturers of textile machinery in Oldham, England * Platt Fields Park, a park in Fallowfield, Manchester, England * Platt Island, an archaeological site near Miles City, Florida * Platt-LePage Aircraft Company, an American aircraft company * Platt Music, an American music retailer * ''Platt National Park'', which became part of Chickasaw National Recreation Area * Platt Technical High School * The Platt Building, a historic building in downtown Los Angeles * ''Platt'' (genus), a genus of digenetic trematodes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuben E
Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Rúben in European Portuguese; Rubens in Brazilian Portuguese; Rubén in Spanish; Rubèn in Catalan; Ruben in Dutch, German, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Armenian; and Rupen/Roupen in Western Armenian. The form Ruben can also be a form of the name Robin, itself a variation of the Germanic name Robert in several Celtic languages. It preserves the "u" sound from the name's first component "hruod" (compare Ruairí, the Irish form of Roderick). Mononym * Ruben I, Prince of Armenia (1025/1035 – 1095), the first lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1080/1081/1082 to 1095, founder of Rubenid dynasty * Ruben II, Prince of Armenia (c. 1165 – 1170), the seventh lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1169 to 1170 * Ruben III, Prince of Armenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Justices Of The New Hampshire Supreme Court
Following is a list of justices of the New Hampshire Supreme Court: List of chief justices of the Superior Court of Judicature (1776–1876) *Meshech Weare (1776–1782) * Samuel Livermore (1782–1790) *Josiah Bartlett (1790) *John Pickering (1790–1795) *Simeon Olcott (1795–1802) * Jeremiah Smith (1802–1809) *Arthur Livermore (1809–1813) * Jeremiah Smith (1813–1816) *William Merchant Richardson (1816–1838) * Joel Parker (1838–1848) * John James Gilchrist (1848–1855) * Andrew Salter Woods (1855) * Ira Perley (1855–1859) * Samuel Dana Bell (1859–1864) * Ira Perley (1864–1869) * Henry Adams Bellows (1869–1873) * J. Everett Sargent (1873–1874) * Edmund L. Cushing (1874–1876) List of chief justices of the Supreme Court (1876–present) * Charles Cogswell Doe (1876–1896) *Alonzo Philetus Carpenter (1896–1898) *Lewis Whitehouse Clark (1898) * Isaac N. Blodgett (1898–1902) * Frank Naismith Parsons (1902–1924) * Robert J. Peaslee (1924–1934) * John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wilde Walker
Richard Wilde Walker (February 16, 1823 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician. Biography Walker was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1823. He was the son of John Williams Walker, the brother of Percy Walker and LeRoy Pope Walker, and father of Richard Wilde Walker, Jr. Richard Walker, Sr. served in the Alabama state legislature from 1851 to 1855, and served as Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 1859. Walker represented Alabama in the provisional C.S. Congress from 1861 to 1862. He also served as a Confederate States Senator from 1864 to 1865. he died in Huntsville at age 51. In popular culture In the 1992 Harry Turtledove science fiction-alternative history novel ''The Guns of the South'', "Senator Walker" is mentioned as opposing a bill to re-enslave freedmen A freedman or freedwoman is a formerly enslaved person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, enslaved people were freed by manumission (granted freedom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wilde Walker Jr
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert F
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and '' berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
