Louisiana Supreme Court Justices
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James Govan Taliaferro
(1798 – 1876)
Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1866 (July 1) -1876 (Oct. 13)
Judge, Louisiana Historic Eleventh Judicial District Court (Catahoula Parish), 1834-1847
Born in Amherst County, Virginia, September 28, 1798 • Delegate to 1852 Louisiana Constitutional Convention • Delegate to 1860 Secession Convention and one of nine men who voted against the ordinance • President of 1868 Louisiana Constitutional Convention • Died in Harrisonburg, Louisiana, October 13, 1876 • Portrait painted by George David Coulon
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