Alexander Hamilton Handy
Alexander Hamilton Handy was a Mississippi jurist who served as Chief Justice of Mississippi.Biography
Handy was born in Somerset County, Maryland on December 25, 1809, the son of Betsey and George Handy. He studied at the Washington Academy and was admitted to the bar in 1834. After marrying, he moved to Mississippi with his family. In 1853, he was elected as an Associate Justice on the High Court of Errors and Appeals and on April 18, 1864, he was made Chief Justice, where he served until October 1, 1867. Thereafter, he returned to Baltimore, Maryland where he practiced law and taught at the University of Maryland Law School. In 1871, he moved back to Canton, Mississippi where he died on September 12, 1883.
Handy was a secessionist, opining of the "black" Republican Party that:Personal life
In 1835, he married Susan Wilson Stuart. His daughter Arianna Handy married German-Jewish immigrant musician and conductor Otto Sutro. His granddaughters were the piano duettists Rose and Ottilie Sutro.
