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
In 1813, Dominick Augustin Hall was appointed the presiding judge of the newly established Supreme Court of Louisiana.
George Mathews served as the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of Louisiana from 1813 to 1836.
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