Henry Goldthwaite

Henry Goldthwaite
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
In office
1837 – October 19, 1847
Personal details
Born
Henry Barnes Goldthwaite

(1802-04-10)April 10, 1802
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedOctober 19, 1847(1847-10-19) (aged 45)
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Cause of deathYellow fever
Resting placeMagnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesGeorge Goldthwaite (brother)
ProfessionPolitician

Henry Barnes Goldthwaite (April 10, 1802 – October 19, 1847) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, having been appointed in 1837 and reelected until his death in 1847.[1][2]

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Goldthwaite ran for Congress as a Democrat in 1842, but was defeated by the incumbent, James Dellet.[3] He was the brother of Senator George Goldthwaite.

In 1843, Goldthwaite resigned to run for Congress, but was defeated in the general election. He then "became a candidate for his previous place on the Court, defeating Judge Clay before the General Assembly".[2]

Goldthwaite died in Mobile, Alabama, of yellow fever, at the age of 45,[2] and was buried at Magnolia Cemetery.

  1. ^ William Garrett, Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama (1872), p. 775.
  2. ^ a b c "History of Supreme Court". Alabama Judicial System. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "James Dellet", Encyclopedia of Alabama (August 12, 2013).