JUDICIAL · NC · 1979-1986
Joseph Branch
Supreme Court Chief Justice · Democrat · North Carolina
Background
Joseph Branch occupied the Supreme Court Chief Justice office in North Carolina for 7 years (1979–1986). Took office after Susie Sharp; succeeded by James G. Exum Jr.. Same-year political environment (1979): Governor Jim Hunt; Treasurer Harlan Boyles.
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Others who held this office in North Carolina
- James G. Exum Jr. (1986-1995)
- Susie Sharp (1974-1979)
- William H. Bobbitt (1969-1974)
- R. Hunt Parker (1966-1969)
- Emery B. Denny (1962-1966)
- Wallace Winborne (1956-1962)
- Walter P. Stacy (1925-1951)