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North Carolina: Associate Justices of the Supreme Court


Associate Justices of North Carolina Supreme Court, 1777-2002 (May be incomplete!)
Samuel Ashe 1777- John Williams of Montpelier 1779-99 John Haywood 1794- Leonard Henderson 1818- Edwin Godwin Reade 1865-79 Thomas Settle 1868-71 Nathaniel Boyden 1872-73 Thomas Samuel Ashe 1878-87 William N. H. Smith 1878-89 Walter Clark 1889-1902 Thomas Ruffin 189? Platt D. Walker 1903-23 George H. Brown 1905-13 William A. Hoke 1905-13 James S. Manning 1909 William Reynolds Allen 1911-13 Heriot Clarkson 1923-40 W. J. Brogden 1926-35 William J. Adams 1927-34 George W. Connor 1927-38 Michael Schenck 1934-48 William A. Devin 1935-40 J. Wallace Winborne 1937-40 M. V. Barnhill 1937-48 Aaron A. F. Seawell 1938 Emery B. Denny 1942-62 Sam J. Ervin, Jr. 1948-54 R. Hunt Parker 1952-66 William Haywood Bobbitt 1954-69 Carlisle W. Higgins 1954- William B. Rodman, Jr. 1956- Susie Marshall Sharp 1962-74 I. Beverly Lake 1965-78 Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. 1982-94 I. Beverly Lake, Jr. 1992-93 I. Beverly Lake, Jr. 1995-2000 G. K. Butterfield 2001-02

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1873 Nov 20: Nathaniel Boyden, died in office.
  • 1887 Feb 4: Thomas Samuel Ashe, died in office.
  • 1904: George H. Brown, elected; William A. Hoke, elected.
  • 1910: William Reynolds Allen, elected.
  • 1912: George H. Brown, elected; William A. Hoke, elected.
  • 1923 May 22: Platt D. Walker, died in office.
  • 1923 May 26: Heriot Clarkson, appointed.
  • 1924: Heriot Clarkson, elected.
  • 1926: Heriot Clarkson, elected.
  • 1934: Heriot Clarkson (Dem), elected.
  • 1934 May 20: William J. Adams, died in office.
  • 1934 May 28: Michael Schenck, appointed.
  • 1935 Oct 29: W. J. Brogden, died in office.
  • 1935 Nov 4: William A. Devin, appointed.
  • 1937 Apr 1: J. Wallace Winborne, appointed.
  • 1937 Jul 1: M. V. Barnhill, appointed.
  • 1938 Apr 23: George W. Connor, died in office.
  • 1938 May 2: Aaron A. F. Seawell, appointed.
  • 1948 Jan 31: Michael Schenck, resigned.
  • 1982: Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., appointed.

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