Indiana Supreme Court Justice Biographies: Justice Andrew Davison

Indiana Supreme Court
Justice Biographies

Justice Andrew Davison
(Eleventh Justice)

Little recorded information is available regarding Andrew Davison, except that he was born September 15, 1800 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania,¹¹⁴and died February 4, 1871 in Greensburg, Indiana.¹¹⁵

Justice Davison was educated at Jefferson College in Canonsburg,
Pennsylvania.¹¹⁶ He then studied law, and came to Indiana in 1825 to establish his law practice.¹¹⁷ He was admitted to the Indiana bar at Greensburg on September 26, 1825 and began practice there. His service on the Indiana Supreme Court was from January 3, 1853 to January 2, 1865.¹¹⁸

114. 1 id. at 247.
115. 1 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF EMINENT AND SELF-MADE MEN OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, at dist. 4: 17-18 (Cincinnati, Western Biographical Pub. Co. 1880).
116. 1 MONKS, supra note 25, at 247.
117. 1 id. at 247-48.
118. 1 id. at 248.

Source: Browning, Minde C., Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt. "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices." Indiana Law Review: Vol. 30, No. 1, 1997. View this source in PDF format.

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