George Strawbridge (1785 – March 11, 1859) was a justice of the

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from August 3, 1839, to December 1, 1839. Born in Maryland,''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. 117. Strawbridge was a prominent shipping merchant. He served on the Louisiana Supreme Court for less than five months in 1839. Some years after he retired from the supreme court bench, he became judge of the Fourth District Court, serving from 1846 to 1853. He ran for Associate Justice in 1853, but was defeated for election.

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