Robert Hardin Marr (October 29, 1819 – November 18, 1892) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from January 9, 1877, to April 5, 1880.[1][2]

Life and career

Born in Clarksville, Tennessee,[3] Marr was a Presidential Elector for John Bell in 1860.[3] A judge of Louisiana's First Judicial District Court (Orleans Parish),[3] Marr "[l]ed a riot to overthrow the Reconstruction government of Louisiana".[1]

Marr was one of five justices appointed by Governor Francis T. Nicholls following a contested election in which both Nicholls and his opponent claimed victory, and each attempted to set up a government. Federal authorities ultimately recognized Nicholls as the legitimate governor, and his appointments stood.[4] He was later president of the 1874 Democratic State Convention.[1]

Personal life and death

His son, Robert H. Marr Jr., became an Orleans Parish district attorney and judge.[1]

Marr died in New Orleans.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Robert Hardin Marr". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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. 121.
  4. ↑ Lamar C. Quintero, "The Supreme Court of Louisiana", in Horace Williams Fuller, ed., The Green Bag, Vol. 3 (1891), p. 124.


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