About Wesley Ogden
Lived 1818 – 1896 (aged 77). Wesley Ogden was an American jurist.
Wesley B. Ogden (December 16, 1818 – June 15, 1896) was an American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from July 1870 to August 1873, and chief justice, August 1873 to January 1874.
Born in Ohio, he moved to Texas in 1849. During his tenure on the state supreme court, he authored a controversial decision voiding the state's 1873 election.
He died in San Antonio on June 15, 1896.
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Wesley Ogden was born on 16 December 1818.
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Wesley Ogden died on 15 June 1896 in San Antonio.
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