Ernest C. Hornsby

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Ernest C. Hornsby, also known as Sonny Hornsby (born October 8, 1936), was chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1989 to 1995.

Biography

He was born on October 8, 1936, and he received his

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1989 to 1995.[1]

He was narrowly defeated for re-election in 1994 by

Perry O. Hooper Sr., who became Alabama's third Republican chief justice and the first GOP member to hold the post in 120 years when Thomas Minott Peters
(1872–1874) left office during Reconstruction.

References

  1. ^ "Ernest C. Hornsby". Alabama. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Alabama

1989–1995
Succeeded by
Perry Hooper