The Supreme Court of the Confederate States is the top court in the Confederate States government. The Supreme Court has the final say in all decisions put through the CS legal system. Justices of the Supreme Court are nominated by the President of the Confederate States and serve until death or until they decide to retire.
List of Justices of the Supreme Court [ ]
This section lists every Justice of the Confederate Supreme Court.
Justices in darker grey were the Chief Justice.
Justices of the Confederate States Supreme Court
No.
Name
Portrait
State
Tenure Began
Tenure Ended
Replacing
Nominated By
1
Asa Biggs
North Carolina
September 12, 1865
March 6, 1878
New Seat
Jefferson Davis
2
Henry R. Jackson
Georgia
January 15, 1866
May 23, 1898
New Seat
Jefferson Davis
3
West Hughes Humphreys
Tennessee
May 23, 1866
October 16, 1882
New Seat
Jefferson Davis
4
James Dandridge Halyburton
Virginia
March 16, 1867
January 26, 1879
New Seat
Jefferson Davis
5
William Giles Jones
Alabama
April 29, 1867
April 1, 1883
New Seat
Jefferson Davis
6
William Dunlap Simpson
South Carolina
August 27, 1878
December 26, 1890
Asa Biggs
Thomas Jackson
7
William Ephraim Smith
Georgia
October 1, 1879
March 11, 1890
James D. Halyburton
Thomas Jackson
8
John Archibald Campbell
Georgia
February 12, 1883
March 12, 1889
West Hughes Humphreys
Alexander H. Stephens
9
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
Mississippi
June 2, 1883
January 23, 1893
William Giles Jones
Alexander H. Stephens
10
Charles Henry Simonton
South Carolina
June 17, 1889
April 25, 1904
John Campbell
Augustus Hill Garland
11
Howell Edmunds Jackson
Tennessee
June 22, 1890
August 8, 1895
William Smith
Augustus Hill Garland
12
Emory Speer
Georgia
July 15, 1890
December 13, 1918
William Simpson
Augustus Hill Garland
13
John Paul
Virginia
March 22, 1893
November 1, 1901
Lucius Lamar
John Tyler Morgan
14
Edward Douglass White
Louisiana
November 11, 1895
May 19, 1921
Howell Edmunds Jackson
John Tyler Morgan
15
Horace Harmon Lurton
Tennessee
November 26, 1898
July 12, 1914
Henry R. Jackson
Benjamin Tillman
16
Charles Albert Woods
South Carolina
March 29, 1902
June 21, 1925
John Paul
Benjamin Tillman
17
Walter Clark
North Carolina
August 12, 1904
May 19, 1924
Charles Henry Simonton
James D. Richardson
18
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Georgia
December 3, 1914
January 2, 1916
Horace Harmon Lurton
Lee Slater Overman
19
Edward Terry Sanford
Tennessee
June 4, 1916
March 29, 1919
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Richmond P. Hobson
19
Edward Terry Sanford
Tennessee
March 29, 1919
March 8, 1930
Emory Speer
Richmond P. Hobson
20
Rufus Edward Foster
Louisiana
September 29, 1919
August 23, 1942
Edward Terry Sanford
Richmond P. Hobson
21
Walter F. George
Georgia
December 19, 1921
August 4, 1957
Edward Douglass White
Richmond P. Hobson
22
R.L. Batts
Texas
November 28, 1924
May 19, 1935
Walter Clark
Carter Glass
23
Richard C. Watts
South Carolina
December 10, 1925
October 13, 1930
Charles Albert Woods
Carter Glass
24
Cameron A. Morrison
North Carolina
November 21, 1930
June 1, 1951
Edward Terry Sanford
Cordell Hull
25
Nathan Philemon Bryan
Florida
February 26, 1931
August 8, 1935
Richard C. Watts
Cordell Hull
Records and Stats [ ]
Records
Record
Holder
Value
Youngest
Emory Speer
42 years old
Oldest
Cameron A. Morrison
81 years old
Oldest (at swearing-in)
Richard C. Watts
72 years old
Longest Tenure
Walter F. George
35 years, 7 months, 16 days
Shortest Tenure
Joseph Rucker Lamar
1 year, 30 days
States
State
Justices
Georgia
6
South Carolina
4
Tennessee
4
North Carolina
3
Louisiana
2
Virginia
2
Alabama
1
Florida
1
Mississippi
1
Texas
1
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