William B. Hyman

[3] Hyman "[o]pposed secession and swore allegiance to the United States when Union Army occupied Alexandria".

[1] On April 1, 1865, Governor James Madison Wells appointed Hyman as Chief Justice of Louisiana.

[1] He was the fourth Chief Justice of Louisiana, also serving as a parish judge in Rapides from 1865 to 1869.

[3] In 1847, Hyman married Hermenegildo Dolores Gonzales, with whom he had five children.

[1] On August 9, 1884, Hyman died on his Louisiana plantation[4] at the age of 70.