David S. Terry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David S. Terry

Confederate Army soldier and judge

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1823

Place of Birth: Russellville, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 14-Aug-1889

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

David Smith Terry (1823–1889) was a California jurist and Democratic politician, who was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, and an author of the Constitution of 1879.
He also won a duel with U.S.
Senator David C.
Broderick in Broderick's second duel in 1859.
Terry died in 1889, after being shot by a bodyguard of U.S.
Justice Stephen J.
Field.