Julian P. Alexander

Julian Power Alexander (December 7, 1887 – January 1, 1953) was an attorney and an associate justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court, where he served from 1941 until his death.

Biography

Julian Alexander was the son of Charlton Henry Alexander and Matilda Macmillan Alexander. He received his secondary education in Jackson, Mississippi and attended Millsaps College and Southwestern Presbyterian University. He received an AB degree from Princeton University in 1908, and an LL.B. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1910.

In 1913, Julian married Corabel Wharton Roberts, with whom he had three children.

Political offices

• Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi (1916-1919)
• U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi (1919-1922)
• Circuit Court judge for the seventh District of Mississippi (1934-1939)
• Associate justice for the Mississippi Supreme Court (1941-1953)

Legal author

• Alexander, Julian P. 1953. Mississippi Jury Instructions. St. Paul: West Publishing Company.

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• Princeton Alumni Weekly, Memorials (Julian Power Alexander), Vol. LIII, No. 15 (February 6, 1953) Retrieved 2015-07-18.
• Approaching the Fifteenth: The Class of 1908 in 1922. Princeton, N.J.: The Princeton University Press Retrieved 2015-07-19.
• Princeton Alumni Weekly, With the Alumni '08, Vol. XLI, No. 7 (November 11, 1940) Retrieved 2015-07-19.

Death and legacy

Judge Alexander died from coronary thrombosis in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 1953, while attending the Sugar Bowl football game at Tulane Stadium. He was interred at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi.

Judge Alexander's portrait is part of the Mississippi Hall of Fame located in the Old Capitol Museum to honor his significant contributions to the state of Mississippi.