William Bryan Hyman (April 30, 1814 – August 9, 1884) was chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from April 3, 1865 to November 1, 1868.[1][2]
Born in Martin County, North Carolina,[3] Hyman graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1939 and gained admission to the bar the same year.[1] He moved to Alexandria, Louisiana around 1840.[3]
Hyman "[o]pposed secession and swore allegiance to the United States when Union Army occupied Alexandria".[1] On April 1, 1865, Governor James Madison Wells appointed Hyman as Chief Justice of Louisiana.[1] He was the fourth Chief Justice of Louisiana, also serving as a parish judge in Rapides from 1865 to 1869. After his retirement from the supreme bench he became parish judge of Jefferson, and later parish surveyor.[3]
In 1847, Hyman married Hermenegildo Dolores Gonzales, with whom he had five children.[1]
On August 9, 1884, Hyman died on his Louisiana plantation[4] at the age of 70. He was interred in Carrollton Cemetery, in New Orleans.[1]
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Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 1865–1868 |
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