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David S. Terry

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Gender Male
Date of birth March 8,1823
Zodiac sign Pisces
Born Russellville
Kentucky
United States
Spouse Sarah Terry
AssassinatedLathrop, California, United States
Battles and wars Mexican–American War
U. S.
BooksFrederick W. Sharon, as Executor, Complainant, Vs. David S. Terry and Sarah Althea Terry, His Wife, Defendants . . . : Francis G. Newlands, as Trustee, Et Al. , Complainants, Vs. David S. Terry and Sarah Althea Terry, His Wife, Defendants . . .
Siblings Benjamin Franklin Terry
Job Jurist
Chairman, Chivalry Democratic Party
Place of burialStockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, California, United States
Party Democratic Party
Current partner Sarah Althea Hill
Cornelia Runnels
Children Samuel L. Terry
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Date of Upd.
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David Smith Terry was an American politician and jurist who served as the fourth chief justice of the Supreme Court of California; he was an author of the state's 1879 Constitution. Terry won a duel against U.S. Senator David C. Broderick in Broderick's second duel in 1859.

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