Abner Nash Ogden (September 19, 1809 – August 11, 1875) was a justice of the

Louisiana Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Louisiana (french: Cour suprême de Louisiane) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orlea ...

from May 4, 1853, to July, 1855. Born in

Hillsborough, North Carolina The town of Hillsborough is the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina, United States and is located along the Eno River. The population was 6,087 in 2010, but it grew rapidly to 9,660 by 2020. Its name was unofficially shortened to "Hillsb ...

, Ogden's father was judge Robert Ogden and his maternal grandfather was North Carolina Governor

Abner Nash Abner Nash (August 8, 1740December 2, 1786) was the second Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1781 and 1782, and represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1786. Life story Nash was born the son of Co ...

. Following an amendment to the Louisiana Constitution allowing direct election of justices, Ogden was elected to serve as an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for a term beginning May 4, 1853,Lamar C. Quintero, "The Supreme Court of Louisiana", ''The Green Bag'', Volume 3 (1891), p. 117. remaining in office until July 1855, and thereafter serving as the Court Reporter for that body until 1865. Ogden declined a seat on the federal bench at one time,''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. 118. on the

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. Ogden died in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogden, Abner Nash Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court 1809 births 1875 deaths People from Hillsborough, North Carolina 19th-century American judges