BRICKELL, ROBERT COMAN
Robert Coman Brickell was born April 4, 1824,
in Tuscumbia, Alabama. He was admitted to the
bar in 1843, began his law practice in Huntsville,
Alabama, in 1851, and soon became a respected
name in the legal system of that state. He gained
a reputation as a supporter of STATES’ RIGHTS and believed in secession from the Union prior to the onset of the Civil War.
In 1873, Brickell served as associate justice of
the Supreme Court of Alabama. He was selected
to act as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme
Court in 1874, an appointment he again
accepted in 1880. He held this office until 1884.
Brickell resumed his law practice in Alabama
in 1884 but in 1894 returned to the bench of the
Alabama Supreme Court.
He died November 20, 1900, in Huntsville.
Robert Coman Brickell 1824–1900
