Archibald T. Higgins Explained

Birth Date:circa 1894
Death Date:October 3, 1945
Term Start:September 19, 1934
Term End:October 3, 1945
Predecessor:John St. Paul
Successor:Robert F. Kennon
Office2:Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Term2:1920–1924
Alma Mater:Tulane University Law School

Archibald T. Higgins (c. 1894 – October 3, 1945) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from September 19, 1934, to October 3, 1945.[1] [2]

Higgins received his law degree at Tulane University Law School in 1916, an entered private practice the same year, serving as city attorney of Gretna, Louisiana from 1916 to 1918. He served two terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives, from 1920 to 1924, and after then serving for several years as an assistant district attorney, was appointed as an appellate court judge in 1929. In 1934, Higgins was elected to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by Justice John St. Paul, but prior to the end of the previous term, Justice Winston Overton died, and Higgins was instead appointed to succeed Overton.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archibald T. Higgins. Louisiana Supreme Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20190609030214/http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices/Higgins_Archibald.aspx. May 15, 2020. 2019-06-09.
  2. Web site: Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present. Louisiana Supreme Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608080334/http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices.aspx. May 16, 2020. 2019-06-08.
  3. "A. T. Higgins, State Court Jurist, Dies", The Shreveport Times (October 4, 1945), p. 1, 5.