Justice Rhodes (other)
Justice Rhodes may refer to: * Augustus Rhodes (1821–1918), chief justice of the Supreme Court of California * William Luther Rhodes William Luther Rhodes Jr. (May 14, 1918 – April 8, 1986) was an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court The South Carolina Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a Chi ...

Augustus Rhodes
Augustus Loring Rhodes (May 25, 1821 – October 23, 1918) was the 10th Chief Justice of California. Biography Educated at Hamilton College, Rhodes studied law and then moved to Bloomfield, Indiana, being admitted to the bar there in 1846. He served one term as the prosecuting attorney for the circuit court (1849), and departed for California in 1854. Settling in San Jose, he became district attorney in 1859 and then State Senator for the 4th district in 1860. In 1863, a constitutional amendment meant all of the seats of the Supreme Court of California were open for election. In October 1863, Rhodes was elected to the Supreme Court of California, and served from January 2, 1864, until 1880. He served as the 10th Chief Justice from 1870 to 1872. His first term expired January 1, 1872, and the Court referred the issue of whether he would continue to serve as Chief Justice to a panel of three San Francisco attorneys. They decided that Article 6, Section 3, of the 1862 state ...
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