Rufus K. Howell

Rufus King Howell (1820 – October 4, 1890) was a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from April 3, 1865 to January 9, 1877.[1][2][3]

In 1865, Howell was appointed by Governor James Madison Wells to the newly constituted post-Civil War court. Although he formally held his seat until January of 1877, he did not participate in the last sitting of the court held in that month.[4] The court was thereafter completely replaced by the new Democratic administration which took over the state government at that time.

References
  1. Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1922), p. 120.
  2. "Rufus K. Howell". Louisiana Supreme Court. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  4. Lamar C. Quintero, "The Supreme Court of Louisiana", The Green Bag, Volume 3 (1891), p. 119-120.
Political offices
Preceded by
Newly constituted court		 Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
1865–1877		 Succeeded by
Court abolished


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