William Blount Rodman Jr. (1889–1976), also known as William B. Rodman, III (as his father was named William B. Rodman II), was a

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

lawyer and politician. He served in the

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(1937–1939) and the

North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, who holds powers si ...

(1950–1955), as

North Carolina Attorney General The attorney general of North Carolina is a statewide elected office in the United States, U.S. state of North Carolina. The attorney general is a state constitutional officer, constitutional officer responsible for representing state agencies i ...

(1955–1956) and as a justice of the

North Carolina Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina is the state of North Carolina's highest appellate court. Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s, it was the state's only appellate court. The Supreme Court consists ...

(1956–1965). He was the grandson of

William B. Rodman William Blount Rodman (1817, in Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina – 1893) was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. He was a justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1868 to 1878. Life He was the son of Willia ...

, who was also a state Supreme Court justice.

References

Guide to the William Blount Rodman Papers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodman, William Jr. 1889 births 1976 deaths North Carolina lawyers Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court North Carolina attorneys general North Carolina state senators Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives 20th-century North Carolina state court judges 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly