George Rogers King
George Rogers King (1807–March 21, 1871) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from March 19, 1846, to March 1, 1850.[1][2]
Born in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana,[3] his father was state court judge George King.[1] King graduated from the University of Virginia,[1][3] and served successively in Louisiana State Legislature from 1820 to 1821,[1][3] then as a district attorney,[3] then as a district judge of the Louisiana Fifth Judicial District Court from 1841 to 1846,[1] and finally as an associate justice of the state supreme court.[3] He was again elected to the state legislature in 1850,[1] and also established a law practice in Opelousas, in his native parish.[1]
King died in Opelousas in his early 60s.[3][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "George Rogers King". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
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