James Bradley Reavis (May 27, 1848 – April 29, 1912)[1][2] was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from January 11, 1897 to January 13, 1903, serving as chief justice in 1901.[1]

Born in Boone County, Missouri,[1][2] Reavis graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1872,[1] and practiced law in Hannibal, Missouri, and Chico, California, before moving to the Territory of Washington in 1880. He was a member of the territorial council and regent of the University of Washington from 1888 to 1889, prior to statehood.[2] He was elected to the state supreme court as a Democrat.[1]

Reavis married Minnie Freeman in 1891.[1] He died at the age of 64, at the Washington State Asylum for the Insane in Steilacoom, Washington, where he had been confined for roughly three years.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Washington Legacymakers". www.sos.wa.gov. Washington Secretary of State.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Former Chief Justice Dies", The Spokane Spokesman-Review (April 30, 1912), p. 12.


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