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86 Miss. L.J. 777 (2017)
J.A.P. Campbell: Lawyer, Statesman, and Judge

handle is hein.journals/mislj86 and id is 809 raw text is: J.A.P. CAMPBELL: LAWYER, STATESMAN, AND JUDGE Samuel Marion Davis* I. EARLY LIFE ............................ ........777 II. CAREER: LAWYER, STATESMAN, AND JUDGE ...............780 III. JUDICIAL AND LEGISLATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS.............783 IV. END OF LIFE.............................790 CONCLUSION ................................. .....794 I. EARLY LIFE Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell, a Mississippi Supreme Court Justice from 1876-1894 and Chief Justice from 1891-1894, was born in Lancaster District, South Carolina, on March 2, 1830.1 The Campbell family traces its ancestral roots to Scotland where his ancient forbears established the House of Argyle and were numbered among the Scottish chiefs.2 In various sources his first middle name sometimes is shown as Adams or Arthur,3 but his correct name is Abigail. Abigail * Dean Emeritus and Jamie L. Whitten Professor of Law and Government Emeritus, University of Mississippi School of Law. 1 DUNBAR ROWLAND, COURTS, JUDGES, AND LAWYERS OF MISSISSIPPI: 1798-1935, at 104 (1935) [hereinafter ROWLAND]. I Id. Most of the biological information on Judge J.A.P. Campbell that appears in this essay comes from MICHAEL L. LANDON, THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW: A SESQUICENTENNIAL HISTORY (2006), ROWLAND, supra note 1, and DAVID G. SANSING, THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI: A SESQUICENTENNIAL HISTORY (1999). For references to his name as Arthur, see righttobearmed.org/jap-campbell- 1895/ [https://perma.cc/3LPE-Y3AB], and finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01798/ [https://perma.cclY7YS-KGUD]. For a reference to his name as Adams, see Chief Justice Josiah A.P. Campbell, 777

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