James B. Whitfield | |
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Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida | |
In office February 15, 1904 – January 4, 1943 | |
Appointed by | William Sherman Jennings |
Preceded by | Evelyn C. Maxwell |
Succeeded by | Harold L. Sebring |
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida | |
In office January 8, 1935 – January 1937 | |
Preceded by | Fred H. Davis |
Succeeded by | W. H. Ellis |
In office January 6, 1909 – January 1913 | |
Preceded by | Thomas M. Shackleford |
Succeeded by | Thomas M. Shackleford |
In office January 10, 1905 – June 12, 1905 | |
Preceded by | R. Fenwick Taylor |
Succeeded by | Thomas M. Shackleford |
17th Florida Attorney General | |
In office March 4, 1903 – February 15, 1904 | |
Governor | William Sherman Jennings |
Preceded by | William Bailey Lamar |
Succeeded by | W. H. Ellis |
12th Florida State Treasurer | |
In office June 19, 1897 – March 4, 1903 | |
Governor | William D. Bloxham William Sherman Jennings |
Preceded by | Clarence B. Collins |
Succeeded by | William V. Knott |
14th Clerk of the Florida Supreme Court | |
In office 1889 – June 19, 1897 | |
Preceded by | David C. Wilson |
Succeeded by | Bartow B. Wilson |
Personal details | |
Born | Wayne County, North Carolina | November 8, 1860
Died | August 20, 1948 Tallahassee, Florida | (aged 87)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses | Leila Nash
(m. 1886; died 1897)Margaret Howard Randolph
(m. 1901) |
Children | 3 |
Education | West Florida Seminary University of Virginia (LL.B) |
Occupation | Attorney |
James Bryan Whitfield (November 8, 1860 – August 20, 1948) was an American attorney and politician who served as a long-time justice of the Florida Supreme Court.[1]