Abner Nash Ogden

Abner Nash Ogden (September 19, 1809 – August 11, 1875) was a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from May 4, 1853 to July, 1855.[1][2]

A posthumous portrait of Ogden by George Henry Clements (1879)

Born in Hillsborough, North Carolina, Ogden's father was judge Robert Ogden and his maternal grandfather was North Carolina Governor Abner Nash.[2] Following an amendment to the Louisiana Constitution allowing direct election of justices, Ogden was elected to serve as an Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for a term beginning May 4, 1853,[3] remaining in office until July 1855, and thereafter serving as the Court Reporter for that body until 1865.[2]

Ogden declined a seat on the federal bench at one time,[4] on the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana.[2]

Ogden died in Blount Springs, Alabama.[2]

References
  1. "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. "Abner Nash Ogden". Louisiana Supreme Court. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. Lamar C. Quintero, "The Supreme Court of Louisiana", The Green Bag, Volume 3 (1891), p. 117.
  4. 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. 118.
Political offices
Preceded by
William Dunbar		 Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
1853–1855		 Succeeded by
James Neilson Lea


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