About William A. Devin
Lived 1871 – 1959 (aged 87–88). William A. Devin was an American lawyer, politician and judge.
William Augustus Devin (1871–1959) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice and chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
A native of Granville County, North Carolina, Devin, a Democrat, attended Horner Military Academy, earned his undergraduate degree at Wake Forest College, and his law degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Devin served as mayor of Oxford, North Carolina from 1903 until 1909 and was a captain in the North Carolina National Guard.
He was elected to one term (1911–1913) in the North Carolina House of Representatives from Granville. He also served as a state Superior Court judge (1914–1935) before being appointed by the Governor to the state Supreme Court in 1935. He retired as chief justice in early 1954.
On May 7, 1987, he was commemorated with a portrait.
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William A. Devin was born in 1871.
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William A. Devin died in 1959.
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William A. Devin was a lawyer, politician and judge.
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