George Mathews
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1774 – 1836
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Who was George Mathews?
George Mathews, Jr. was a Judge of the Superior Courts of the Territory of Mississippi and the Territory of Orleans, and Presiding Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1813 until his death in 1836. His ruling in Marie Louise v. Marot was cited as precedent by dissenting U.S. Supreme Court Justice John McLean in the 1856 landmark Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
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- Born
- Sep 30, 1774
Augusta County - Education
- Washington and Lee University
- Lived in
- Butler Greenwood Plantation
- Died
- Nov 14, 1836
St. Francisville
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on July 23, 2013
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