Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831), Chief Justice of New Jersey for twenty-one years, whose “decisions especially those on realty matters, show a depth of research, a power of discrimination, and a justness of reasoning which entitle him to rank among the first American jurists,” was of Scottish parentage, descended from the Kirkpatricks of Dumfriesshire.  His son, also named Andrew, was President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Essex County (1885-96) and United States District Judge (1896-1904).  George Robertson (1790-1874), Chief Justice of Kentucky (1829-43), “whose name stands first in the list of great men who have occupied and adorned the Appellate bench of Kentucky,” and who declined the offer of the governorship of Arkansas, was of Scottish ancestry.  Robert Cooper Grier (1794-1870), Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Connecticut (1846-70) was of same origin.  Eugenius Aristides Nisbet (1803-71), descended from Murdoch Nisbet, a Lollard of Kyle, after a brilliant career in the state legislature became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.  Thomas Todd (1765-1826), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1807-26).  The first Chief Justice of Delaware, William Killen (1722-1805), was born in the north of Ireland of Scottish parentage.  John J. Milligan (1795-1875), grandson of a Scottish emigrant from Ayrshire, was Associate Justice of Delaware, and refused, on account of ill health, the portfolio of Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Fillimore.  Ellis Lewis (1798-1871), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1855-57) was of Scottish descent.  Alexander Addison (1759-1807), born in Scotland, became President Judge of the fifth judicial district of Pennsylvania under the constitution of 1770.  Robert Hunter Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of Pennsylvania, was Chief Justice of New Jersey for twenty-one years.  John McLean (1785-1861), Associate Justice, is noticed under Scots in the Presidential Cabinet; and William Paterson, Associate Justice (1793-1806), is mentioned under Colonial Governors.  Samuel Nelson (1792-1873), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was of Ulster Scot descent.  “His decisions have stood the test of time and the searching analysis of the most able lawyers.”  Thomas Douglas (1790-1853), first Chief Justice of Florida, was of Scots ancestry.  William Wallace Campbell (1806-81), great-grandson of an Ulster Scot, was distinguished as a jurist and as a historian of New York State.  He was author of Annals of Tryon County (1831), Border Warfare of New York (1849), Life and Writings of De Witt Clinton (1849), etc.  During a visit to Scotland in 1848 he was elected an honorary member of the Clan Campbell at a great gathering at Inveraray.  Thomas Drummond (1809-90), grandson of a Scot from Falkirk, was Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court.  John Archibald Campbell (1811-89), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1853-61), was Assistant Secretary of War in the Confederate Cabinet,