Samuel H. Terral

Samuel Heidelberg Terral (February 4, 1835 - March 20, 1903) was a Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1897 to 1903.

Terral graduated from the University of Mississippi and its law school.[1]

On January 9, 1861, Terral attended the Mississippi Secession Convention, representing Clarke county where Mississippi would pass an Ordinance of Secession.[2][3]

Terral fought for the confederates during the American Civil War, reaching the titles of captain and major.[3] Terral then worked as a district attorney.[1] In 1882, Terral became a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.[3] He then served as a circuit court judge until his 1897 elevation to the Supreme Court.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi" 81. 1903: 765. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi" 1. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. 1904: 29. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi" 81. 1903: 761. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
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