Thomas Thompson Land
Thomas Thompson Land (December 17, 1815 – June 27, 1893) was a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from November 1, 1858 to April 3, 1865.[1]
Born in Rutherford County, Virginia, with his parents Land moved first to Alabama, and then to Mississippi.[2] He graduated from the University of Virginia, and was a member of the Mississippi Legislature in 1839. He moved to Shreveport, Louisiana in 1846, and was a judge of the District Court from 1854 to 1858, when he became a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He served as a member of the Convention of 1879, where he was chairman of the judiciary committee. He was the father of Justices Alfred D. Land,[2] and John R. Land.
Land died Shreveport, La.
References
- "Thomas Thompson Land (1815 - 1893)". Louisiana Supreme Court. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- 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. 119.
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| Preceded by Henry M. Spofford |
Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 1858–1865 |
Succeeded by Zenon Labauve, Jr. |
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