Abner Nash Ogden

Abner Nash Ogden
Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
In office
May 4, 1853 – July 1855
Preceded byWilliam Dunbar
Succeeded byJames Neilson Lea
Personal details
Born(1809-09-19)September 19, 1809
Hillsborough, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedAugust 11, 1875(1875-08-11) (aged 65)
Blount Springs, Alabama, U.S.

Abner Nash Ogden (September 19, 1809 – August 11, 1875) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from May 4, 1853, to July, 1855.[1][2]

Born in Hillsborough, North Carolina, Ogden's father was judge Robert Ogden and his maternal grandfather was North Carolina Governor Abner Nash.[2] Following an amendment to the Louisiana Constitution allowing direct election of justices, Ogden was elected to serve as an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for a term beginning May 4, 1853,[3] remaining in office until July 1855, and thereafter serving as the Court Reporter for that body until 1865.[2]

Ogden declined a seat on the federal bench at one time,[4] on the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana.[2]

Ogden died in Blount Springs, Alabama.[2]

  1. ^ "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Abner Nash Ogden". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Lamar C. Quintero, "The Supreme Court of Louisiana", The Green Bag, Volume 3 (1891), p. 117.
  4. ^ 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. 118.