William King McAlister
William King McAlister Jr. (July 4, 1850 – May 16, 1923)[1] was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1893 to 1910.[2] He was appointed by Tennessee governor Peter Turney April 1, 1893 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Horace H. Lurton. He was elected in 1894 and 1902, serving until 1910.
McAlister was born in Nashville,[3] and attended Bethany College in West Virginia, enrolling at the age of 15.[1] He served as city attorney of Nashville from 1875 to 1883. He was circuit judge of Seventh Circuit from 1886 to 1893. After leaving the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1910 he taught law at Vanderbilt University from 1910 until his death.[4][5]
His son Hill McAlister went on to become governor of Tennessee.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Noted Tennessee Jurist Is Dead", The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle (May 18, 1923), p. 7.
- ^ "Tennessee Supreme Court". Ballotpedia.
- ^ Foley, Edward F. (May 10, 2009). The Descendants of Matthew 'the Rebel' Rhea of Scotland and Ireland. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1502-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society. "Justices".
- ^ A History of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Univ. of Tennessee Press. June 10, 2002. ISBN 978-1-57233-308-6 – via Google Books.
External links
[edit]- Findagrave entry (includes a composite of 1907 Tennessee Supreme Court judges)
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