Waller Redd Staples | |
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 Oil on canvas portrait of Justice Staples | |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia | |
| In office January 1, 1871 – January 1, 1883 | |
| Member of the Confederate Congress from Virginia's 12th district | |
| In office 1862 – March 2, 1865 | |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Montgomery County | |
| In office 1854 – 1855 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 24, 1826 Patrick County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | August 21, 1897 (aged 71) Christiansburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina College of William and Mary |
Waller Redd Staples (February 24, 1826 – August 21, 1897) was an American lawyer, law professor, judge, slave-owner and politician who was briefly a member of the Virginia General Assembly before the American Civil War, became a Congressman serving the Confederate States of America during the war, and after receiving a pardon at the war's end became a judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals, and law professor at Washington and Lee University, as well as revisor of Virginia's laws (1884-1887).[1][2]
- ^ Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915). Richmond, VA, USA. Unpaginated on ancestry.com
- ^ Appleton's Cyclopedia