George Strawbridge Explained

George Strawbridge (1785 – March 11, 1859) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from August 3, 1839, to December 1, 1839.^{[1] [2]}

Born in Maryland,^{[1] [3]} Strawbridge was a prominent shipping merchant.^[1] He served on the Louisiana Supreme Court for less than five months in 1839.^[1] Some years after he retired from the supreme court bench, he became judge of the Fourth District Court, serving from 1846 to 1853.^[3] He ran for Associate Justice in 1853, but was defeated for election.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: George Strawbridge. Louisiana Supreme Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20190609025526/http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices/strawbridge_george.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. Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1922), p. 117.