Montgomery in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Associate Justices

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1. Associate Justices Marker

Inscription.

Associate Justices. . "We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible because we are final." , Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States, Lucien D. Gardner , Chief Justice 1940-1951 , Associate Justices , William Holcombe Thomas 1914-1945 . Virgil Bouldin 1923-1944 . Joel Bascom Brown 1919-1921 - 1927-1953 . Arthur Borders Foster 1928-1953 . Thomas Edmund Knight 1931-1942 . James Edwin Livingston 1940-1951 . Thomas Seay Lawson 1942-1972 . Davis Fonville Stakely 1943-1945 . Robert Tennent Simpson III 1944-1972 . John Lancaster Goodwyn 1951-1968, J. Ed Livingston , Chief Justice 1951-1971 , Associate Justices , Joel Bascom Brown 1919-1921 1927-1953 . Arthur Borders Foster 1928-1953 . Thomas Seay Lawson 1942-1972 . Robert Tennent Simpson III 1944-1972 . Davis Fonville Stakely 1943-1945 1946-1962 . John Lancaster Goodwyn 1951-1968 . Pelham Jones Merrill 1952-1976 . Preston Copeland Clayton 1953-1954 . James Jefferson Mayfield 1954-1956 . Norman Terry Spann 1956-1957 . James Samuel Coleman, Jr. 1957-1975 . Robert Bernard Harwood 1962-1975 . John Peter Kohn 1968 . James Nelson Bloodworth 1968-1980 . Alva Hugh Maddox 1969-2001 . Daniel Thompson McCall, Jr. 1969-1975, Howell T. Heflin , . Chief Justice 1971-1977 , . Associate Justices , . Thomas Seay Lawson 1942-1972 . Robert Tennent Simpson III 1944-1972 . Pelham Jones Merrill 1952-1976 . James Samuel Coleman, Jr. 1957-1975 . Robert Bernard Harwood 1962-1975 . James Nelson Bloodworth 1968-1980 . Alva Hugh Maddox 1969-2001 . Daniel Thompson McCall, Jr. 1969-1975 . Ormond Somerville, Jr. 1972 . James Hardin Faulkner 1972-1986 . Richard Lester Jones 1972-1991 . Reneau Pearson Almon 1975-1999 . Janie Ledlow Shores 1975-1999 . Thomas Eric Embry 1975-1985 . Samuel Alston Beatty 1976-1989, C.C. "Bo" Torbert, Jr. , Chief Justice 1977-1989 , Associate Justices , James Nelson Bloodworth 1968-1980 . Alva Hugh Maddox 1969-2001 . James Hardin Faulkner 1972-1986 . Richard Lester Jones 1972-1991 . Reneau Pearson Almon 1975-1999 . Janie Ledlow Shores 1975-1999 . Thomas Eric Embry 1985-2005 . Samuel Alston Beatty 1986-1995 . Oscar William Adams, Jr. 1975-1985 . James Gorman Houston, Jr. 1976-1989 . Henry Bascom Steagall II 1980-1993, Earnest C. "Sonny" Hornsby , Chief Justice 1989-1995 , Associate Justices , Alva Hugh Maddox 1969-2001 . Richard Lester Jones 1972-1991 . Reneau Pearson Almon 1975-1999 . Janie Ledlow Shores 1975-1999 . Oscar William Adams, Jr. 1980-1993 . James Gorman Houston, Jr. 1985-2005 . Henry Bascom Steagale, Jr. 1986-1995 . Mark Kennedy 1989-1999 . Kenneth Frank Ingram 1991-1997 . Ralph Delano Cook 1993-2001

"We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible because we are final."
Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States

Lucien D. Gardner
Chief Justice 1940-1951
Associate Justices
William Holcombe Thomas 1914-1945 • Virgil Bouldin 1923-1944 • Joel Bascom Brown 1919-1921 - 1927-1953 • Arthur Borders Foster 1928-1953 • Thomas Edmund Knight 1931-1942 • James Edwin Livingston 1940-1951 • Thomas Seay Lawson 1942-1972 • Davis Fonville Stakely 1943-1945 • Robert Tennent Simpson III 1944-1972 • John Lancaster Goodwyn 1951-1968

J. Ed Livingston
Chief Justice 1951-1971
Associate Justices
Joel Bascom Brown 1919-1921 1927-1953 • Arthur Borders Foster 1928-1953 • Thomas Seay Lawson 1942-1972 • Robert Tennent Simpson III 1944-1972 • Davis Fonville Stakely 1943-1945 1946-1962 • John Lancaster Goodwyn 1951-1968 • Pelham Jones Merrill 1952-1976 • Preston Copeland Clayton 1953-1954 • James Jefferson Mayfield 1954-1956 • Norman Terry Spann 1956-1957 • James Samuel Coleman, Jr. 1957-1975 • Robert Bernard Harwood 1962-1975 • John Peter Kohn 1968 • James Nelson Bloodworth 1968-1980

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• Alva Hugh Maddox 1969-2001 • Daniel Thompson McCall, Jr. 1969-1975

Howell T. Heflin
• Chief Justice 1971-1977
• Associate Justices
• Thomas Seay Lawson 1942-1972 • Robert Tennent Simpson III 1944-1972 • Pelham Jones Merrill 1952-1976 • James Samuel Coleman, Jr. 1957-1975 • Robert Bernard Harwood 1962-1975 • James Nelson Bloodworth 1968-1980 • Alva Hugh Maddox 1969-2001 • Daniel Thompson McCall, Jr. 1969-1975 • Ormond Somerville, Jr. 1972 • James Hardin Faulkner 1972-1986 • Richard Lester Jones 1972-1991 • Reneau Pearson Almon 1975-1999 • Janie Ledlow Shores 1975-1999 • Thomas Eric Embry 1975-1985 • Samuel Alston Beatty 1976-1989

C.C. "Bo" Torbert, Jr.
Chief Justice 1977-1989
Associate Justices
James Nelson Bloodworth 1968-1980 • Alva Hugh Maddox 1969-2001 • James Hardin Faulkner 1972-1986 • Richard Lester Jones 1972-1991 • Reneau Pearson Almon 1975-1999 • Janie Ledlow Shores 1975-1999 • Thomas Eric Embry 1985-2005 • Samuel Alston Beatty 1986-1995 • Oscar William Adams, Jr. 1975-1985 • James Gorman Houston, Jr. 1976-1989 • Henry Bascom Steagall II 1980-1993

Earnest C. "Sonny" Hornsby
Chief Justice 1989-1995
Associate Justices
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Hugh Maddox 1969-2001 • Richard Lester Jones 1972-1991 • Reneau Pearson Almon 1975-1999 • Janie Ledlow Shores 1975-1999 • Oscar William Adams, Jr. 1980-1993 • James Gorman Houston, Jr. 1985-2005 • Henry Bascom Steagale, Jr. 1986-1995 • Mark Kennedy 1989-1999 • Kenneth Frank Ingram 1991-1997 • Ralph Delano Cook 1993-2001

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. A significant historical year for this entry is 1968.

Location. 32° 22.681′ N, 86° 18.193′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is on Dexter Avenue 0.3 miles west of South Decauter Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 445 Dexter Ave, Montgomery AL 36130, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory

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3. Associate Justices Marker

of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ernest C. “Sonny” Hornsby (here, next to this marker); Howell Thomas Heflin (here, next to this marker); James Edwin Livingston (a few steps from this marker); Clement Clay "Bo" Torbert, Jr. (a few steps from this marker); Lucien Dunbibben Gardner (a few steps from this marker); Events During the Terms of Chief Justices (a few steps from this marker); The Alabama Appellate Courts (a few steps from this marker); The Alabama Judicial System and the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court. (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montgomery.

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Credits. This page was last revised on April 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 4, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 126 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 4, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.