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John Joseph Sullivan (1855–1926) was an associate justice and chief justice of the
, ''Omaha World-Herald'' (May 8, 1899), p. 9. and was "swept in on the crest of the Democratic-Populist fusion waves of 1898 and 1900",Dale P. Stough,
', "The Supreme Court of Nebraska", p. 697. defeating his strongest rival, Republican Alfred M. Post, by a vote of 102,828 to 89,009. He served as an associate justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court from 1898 to 1902, and as chief justice from 1902 to 1904. Following his retirement from the Court, Sullivan twice declined to be appointed to vacancies on the Court. In January, 1907, Sullivan entered into a law partnership with attorneys Louis Lightner and James G. Reeder in the firm of Sullivan, Reeder & Lightner. Sullivan retired from the firm in 1912. His burial location is unknown.
John Joseph Sullivan (1855–1926) was an associate justice and chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
The Nebraska Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The court consists of a chief justice and six associate justices. Each justice is initially appointed by the governor of Nebraska; using the Missouri Plan, each ju ...
.
Raised in Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, Sullivan read law
Reading law was the method used in common law countries, particularly the United States, for people to prepare for and enter the legal profession before the advent of law schools. It consisted of an extended internship or apprenticeship under th ...
in a private office and studied at the University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 coll ...
to receive an LL.B
Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...
. He began the practice of law at Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, in 1878, moving to Columbus, Nebraska
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Platte County, in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. The population was 22,111 at the 2010 census. It is the 10th largest city in Nebraska, with 24,028 people as of the 2020 censu ...
in 1879 and serving there as city attorney for several years. He then served as County Judge of Platte County from 1883 to 1886. He was a district judge of the Nebraska 6th District from 1892 to 1897, when he was nominated by a coalition of Populists, Democrats and Silver Republicans to be their candidate for election to the Nebraska Supreme Court., Nebraska History. Sullivan was "the first democrat to occupy a seat on the supreme bench of Nebraska",The Bench and Bar of Nebraska: The Present Supreme Court, ''Omaha World-Herald'' (May 8, 1899), p. 9. and was "swept in on the crest of the Democratic-Populist fusion waves of 1898 and 1900",Dale P. Stough,
', "The Supreme Court of Nebraska", p. 697. defeating his strongest rival, Republican Alfred M. Post, by a vote of 102,828 to 89,009. He served as an associate justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court from 1898 to 1902, and as chief justice from 1902 to 1904. Following his retirement from the Court, Sullivan twice declined to be appointed to vacancies on the Court. In January, 1907, Sullivan entered into a law partnership with attorneys Louis Lightner and James G. Reeder in the firm of Sullivan, Reeder & Lightner. Sullivan retired from the firm in 1912. His burial location is unknown.
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