James Gorman Houston Jr.[1] (March 11, 1933 – September 13, 2024) was an American judge who was a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1985 to 2005.
from the University of Alabama School of Law, afterwards serving as a law clerk for Chief Justice J. Ed Livingston, and a judge advocate in the United States Air Force.
[2] In 1985, Governor George Wallace appointed Houston to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the retirement of Justice T. Eric Embry, effective September 16, 1985.
In 1986, Houston was elected to a full term, and subsequently reelected.
[3] In 2018, Houston endorsed Bob Vance for the office of chief justice.