Government, Politics & Law
Bernette Joshua Johnson
The first African American chief of the state’s judiciary
The first African American chief of the state’s judiciary
Catherine D. Kimball was the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 2009 to 2013.
Charles A. O'Niell served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1922 to 1949.
E. Howard McCaleb served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for one year, from 1971 to 1972.
Edward Bermudez served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1880 to 1892.
Edwin T. Merrick served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1855 to 1865.
Francis Nicholls served two nonconsecutive terms as governor of Louisiana from 1877 to 1880, and again from 1888 to 1892.
Francois-Xavier Martin was the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of Louisiana from 1836 to 1846.
Frank Adair Monroe served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1914 to 1922.
Frank Summers served as the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1979 to 1980.
George Eustis served as the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1846 to 1853.
In 1917 the Louisiana court system ruled that Native people occupied the same legal status as African Americans under Jim Crow.
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