Nathan Green, Jr.

Nathan Green, Jr. (February 1827 - February 1919) was one of the founders and the first dean of Cumberland School of Law, then located in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Green was the son of judge Nathan Green, Sr., who was elected to the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1831 and served for 20 years, until 1852.^[1]

Green taught law for 63 years.^[1] He was instrumental in keeping the Cumberland School of Law alive through the American Civil War and during the Reconstruction period, although his adherence to legal formalism and the devastation wrought by the Civil war are, perhaps, reasons why Cumberland did not follow the institutions of that time like Harvard or Yale. It is also noted that while Cumberland remained impoverished after the Civil War, Green did not. (p. 98-99)

Nathan Green died in February 1919, the day before his 92nd birthday, having continued teaching up until his death.^[1]

His son, Grafton Green, became a judge. He was a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1910 to 1947, including more than 23 years as chief justice.^[2]

References

• Langum & Walthall, From Maverick to Mainstream, Cumberland School of Law from 1847–1997, The University of Georgia Press (1997).

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} John R. Vile (2003), Great American judges: an encyclopedia, Volume 1, page 310. ABC-CLIO.
2. ^ Justices of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society

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Name	Green, Nathan, Jr.
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