Hamilton Henderson Chalmers (1833 – January 4, 1885)Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in Horace W. Fuller, ed., The Green Bag, Vol. XI (1899), p. 513. was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1876 until his death in 1885.Leslie Southwick, Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996, 18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998). He was chief justice from 1881 to 1882.
Born in Halifax County, Virginia, Chalmers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1853, and entered the practice of law in DeSoto County, Mississippi.
Chalmers was appointed to the supreme court in 1876 and reappointed at the end of his term. He died in 1885.
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