Trotter, James F., 1802-1866.
Biographical notes:
James Fisher Trotter (1802-1866), born in Virginia, served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, 1827-1829; Mississippi state senator, 1829-1833; judge of the Mississippi Circuit Court, 1833 and 1866, and Supreme Court, 1839-1842; United States senator, 1838; and a professor of law at the University of Mississippi, 1860-1862.
From the guide to the James F. Trotter Paper, ., 1866, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
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- Criminal law
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- Mississippi (as recorded)
- De Soto County (Miss.) (as recorded)
