Ill -JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
The Supreme Court of Appeals was first ment continued for ten years. On Decem-
constituted by legislative act in May, 1779, ber 22, 1788, an act was passed making the
and consisted of the judges of admiralty, court to consist of five judges, specially
chancery and general courts. This arrange- elected, as at present continues.
JUDGES UNDER THE ACT OP MAY. 1779.
Pendleton, Edmund, president (q. v.).
Wythe, George (q. v.).
Nicholas, Robert Carter (q. v.).
Blair, John (q. v.).
Carrington, Paul (q. v.)
Lyons, Peter (q. v.).
Fleming, William (q. v.).
Dandridge, Bartholomew (q. v., vol. i, p.
220).
Mercer, James (q. v.).
Tazewell, Henry (q. v.).
Waller, Benjamin (q. v.).
Curie, William Roscow Wilson (q. v.).
Cary, Richard (q. v.).
Henry, James (q. v.).
Tyler, John (q. v.).
Parker, Richard (q. v.).
Flicker, St. George (q. v.).
Jones, Gabriel (q. v.).
JUDGES UNDER THE ACT OP DECEMBER 22. 1788. AND AS AMENDED PROM TIME TO TIME
Pendleton, Edmund, president (q. v.).
Lyons, Peter, president (q. v.).
Carrington, Paul (q. v.).
Fleming, William, president (q. v.).
Mercer, James (q. v.).
Roane, Spencer, son of Colonel William Roane and Elizabeth Ball, his wife, daugh- ter of Colonel Spencer Ball, was born in Essex county, April 4. 1762. He attended private schools, and about 1777 entered William and Mary College, where he went through the usual academic courses, and in 1780 attended the law lectures of Chancellor
Wythe, the professor of law. He practiced
law and entered the house of delegates, and
in 1784 became a member of the council of
state. He soon resigned this last office and
resumed the practice of law, and was elected
again to the legislature. In 1789 he was
made a judge of the general court, where
he continued till 1794, when upon the elec-
tion of Judge Henry Tazewell to the United
States senate, he was appointed a judge of
the Supreme Court of Appeals. He con-
tinued in that office till his death. In public
e.stimation he stood second only to Judge
Pendleton, and upon the death of that
gentleman he was, beyond dispute, the
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