William Gillespie Wyly (February, 1831 – September 25, 1903) was a justice of the
Louisiana Supreme Court from November 1, 1868, to November 3, 1876.
Born in
Greeneville, Tennessee
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, Wyly graduated from
Jefferson College. He was elected a District Judge in 1868, but "resigned shortly thereafter to become Supreme Court Justice".
[''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. 121.] Wyly "owned one of the largest Cotton Plantations in Louisiana", and ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1877.
Wyly died on the ''
S.S. St. Louis'' en route from
Liverpool
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to
New York City
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.
References
1831 births
1903 deaths
People from Greeneville, Tennessee
Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court
People who died at sea
19th-century American judges
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