Reconstruction-era southern states temporarily reversed the elective-judge trend

Evidence

Traffic did not go entirely one way, that is, toward the elective principle. Some southern states returned to the appointive system during Reconstruction. Texas, between 1866 and 1876, went from an elective to an appointive supreme court and back. Mississippi, under the constitution of 1868, abolished its elected high court of errors and appeals. The new supreme court consisted of three judges appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. Not until 1910 did Mississippi return to an elective system. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2166

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• XREF: connects to: State constitutions changed wholesale as public opinion shifted — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 657; Jacksonian democracy installed popular partisan election of judges nationwide — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 408