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Chief justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court

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The list Chief justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court includes A. A. Birch, Jr., Sharon Gail Lee, Janice M. Holder, E. Riley Anderson and John Catron. The list consists of 20 members.
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    A. A. Birch, Jr.
    American lawyer and Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
    A. A. Birch, Jr.
    Overview: Adolpho A. Birch Jr. (September 22, 1932 – August 25, 2011) was an American lawyer and judge who was the first African American to serve as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
    Date of birth: 22 September 1932
    Date of death: 25 August 2011
    Age: 78 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Attorney
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    Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.) alumni 73T
    21st-century American judges 2,223T
    20th-century American judges 4,697T
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    Sharon Gail Lee
    American judge
    Overview: Sharon Gail Lee (born December 8, 1953 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. She was appointed to that body in October 2008. She was elected by state-wide vote in 2010 ...
    Date of birth: 1953
    Age: 71
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Judge
    Gender: Female
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    21st-century women judges 719T
    People from Madisonville, Tennessee 6T
    Women chief justices of state supreme courts in the United States 76T
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    Janice M. Holder
    American judge
    Overview: Janice M. Holder (born August 29, 1949) is an American judge who was a Tennessee Supreme Court justice from 1996–2014 and was Chief Justice of Tennessee from 2008 to 2010. She is the first woman ever to ...
    Date of birth: 29 August 1949
    Age: 75
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Judge
    Gender: Female
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    Women chief justices of state supreme courts in the United States 76T
    Women chief justices 105T
    People from McDonald, Pennsylvania 8T
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    E. Riley Anderson
    American judge
    Overview: E. Riley Anderson (August 10, 1932 – July 4, 2018) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1990 to 2006.
    Date of birth: 10 August 1932
    Date of death: 4 July 2018
    Age: 85 (age at death)
    Occupation: Attorney
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    2018 deaths 9,212T
    2018 deaths 7,472T
    20th-century American judges 4,697T
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    John Catron
    United States federal judge
    John Catron
    Overview: John Catron (January 7, 1786 – May 30, 1865) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1837 to 1865, during the Taney Court era.
    Date of birth: 7 January 1786
    Date of death: 30 May 1865
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Judge
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    Judges who died in office 790T
    United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 186T
    Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville) 84T
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    D. L. Lansden
    American judge
    Overview: Dick Latta Lansden (May 16, 1869 – August 10, 1924) was a Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1910 to 1923. He served as Chief Justice from 1918 to 1923.
    Date of birth: 16 May 1869
    Date of death: 10 August 1924
    Age: 55 (age at death)
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    Roger A. Page
    American judge
    Overview: Roger A. Page (born October 7, 1955) is an American lawyer and judge who is a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Having been appointed to the court by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.
    Date of birth: 7 October 1955
    Age: 69
    Occupation: Attorney
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    James W. Deaderick
    American judge
    James W. Deaderick
    Overview: James William Deaderick (November 25, 1812 – October 8, 1890) was an American attorney who served as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1876 to 1886. Prior to becoming Chief Justice ...
    Date of birth: 25 November 1812
    Date of death: 8 October 1890
    Age: 77 (age at death)
    Occupation: Judge
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    People from Jonesborough, Tennessee 22T
    19th-century American judges 2,494T
    Tennessee Constitutional Unionists 11T
  • 9.

    Jeffrey S. Bivins
    Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
    Overview: Jeffrey S. Bivins (born August 31, 1960) is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. He was appointed Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.
    Date of birth: 31 August 1960
    Age: 64
    Occupation: Judge
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    Alexander W. Chambliss
    American judge
    Overview: Alexander Wilds Chambliss (September 10, 1864 – September 30, 1947) was the mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1919 to 1923 and a Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. In 1946, he gave $30,000 ...
    Date of birth: 10 September 1864
    Date of death: 30 September 1947
    Age: 83 (age at death)
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    Freemasonry in Tennessee 3T
    Mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee 13T
    1864 births 3,141T
  • 11.

    Grafton Green
    American judge in Tennessee
    Overview: Grafton Green (August 12, 1872 – January 27, 1947) was an American jurist who served on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1910 to 1947, including more than 23 years as chief justice.
    Date of birth: 12 August 1872
    Date of death: 27 January 1947
    Age: 74 (age at death)
    Occupation: Attorney
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    People from Lebanon, Tennessee 30T
    Cumberland School of Law alumni 94T
    Tennessee lawyers 243T
  • 12.

    Cornelia A. Clark
    American judge
    Overview: Cornelia Anne Clark (September 15, 1950 – September 24, 2021) was an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
    Date of birth: 15 September 1950
    Date of death: 24 September 2021
    Age: 71 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Judge
    Gender: Female
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    Frank Drowota
    American judge
    Frank Drowota
    Overview: Frank F. Drowota III (July 7, 1938 – April 15, 2018) was a former chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
    Date of birth: 7 July 1938
    Date of death: 15 April 2018
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Attorney
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    John K. Shields
    American politician
    John K. Shields
    Overview: John Knight Shields (August 15, 1858 – September 30, 1934) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1913 to 1925. He also served as an associate justice on the Tennessee Supreme ...
    Date of birth: 15 August 1858
    Date of death: 30 September 1934
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Occupation: Politician
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    People from Bean Station, Tennessee 5T
    Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee 69T
    Democratic Party United States senators 882T
  • 15.

    Alfred O. P. Nicholson
    American politician
    Alfred O. P. Nicholson
    Overview: Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (August 31, 1808 – March 23, 1876), a Tennessee Democratic politician and lawyer, was twice a United States Senator from that state.
    Date of birth: 31 August 1808
    Date of death: 23 March 1876
    Age: 67 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Attorney
    Gender: Male
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    19th-century American male writers 904T
    19th-century American judges 2,494T
    19th-century American lawyers 4,099T
  • 16.

    Peter Turney
    American politician
    Peter Turney
    Overview: Peter Turney (September 22, 1827 – October 19, 1903) was an American politician, soldier, and jurist, who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1893 to 1897. He was also a justice of the Tennessee ...
    Date of birth: 22 September 1827
    Date of death: 19 October 1903
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Occupation: Judge
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    People from Jasper, Tennessee 13T
    19th-century American judges 2,494T
    Democratic Party state governors of the United States 1,100T
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    Alan M. Prewitt
    American judge (1893–1963)
    Overview: Alan M. Prewitt (February 1, 1893 – February 17, 1963) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1937, and from 1941 to 1963.
    Date of birth: 1 February 1893
    Date of death: 17 February 1963
    Age: 70 (age at death)
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    William Fones
    American judge
    Overview: William H. D. Fones (October 6, 1917 – December 23, 2010) was an American jurist who served on the state supreme court of Tennessee.
    Date of birth: 6 October 1917
    Date of death: 23 December 2010
    Age: 93 (age at death)
    Occupation: Judge
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    Charles H. O'Brien
    American politician
    Overview: Charles Herbert O'Brien (July 30, 1920 – January 18, 2007), was a Tennessee State Senator in the 83rd and 84th Tennessee General Assemblies, a justice of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals (elected ...
    Date of birth: 30 July 1920
    Date of death: 18 January 2007
    Age: 86 (age at death)
    Occupation: Judge
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    People from Crossville, Tennessee 16T
    20th-century American judges 4,697T
    Tennessee state senators 244T
  • 20.

    William M. Barker
    American judge
    Overview: William Muecke Barker (born September 13, 1941 in Chattanooga, Tennessee died April 03, 2023) was Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1995–2009.[1].
    Date of birth: 13 September 1941
    Date of death: 3 March 2023
    Age: 81 (age at death)
    Occupation: Attorney
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