Theodore Brace (June 10, 1835 – May 27, 1921) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1887 to 1907.

Brace is a native of Alleghany County, Maryland, and was born June 10, 1835. He became a resident of Missouri in 1856. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the Confederate cavalry service, and by repeated promotions became a colonel. When the bar of the Drake Test Oath was removed, he resumed the practice of his profession. In 1874 he became a member of the State Senate, and gained a wide reputation as an orator of rare grace and eloquence. In 1879 he became probate judge of Monroe County; in 1881, a judge of the circuit court; and in 1887, a member of the Supreme Court..[1]

"Former Judges of the Supreme Court". www.courts.mo.gov.

"Theodore Brace". Missouri Courts. Retrieved June 24, 2023.

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  1. ^ L. C. Krauthoff, The Supreme Court of Missouri, in Horace Williams Fuller, ed., The Green Bag (1891), Vol. 3, p. 190.


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Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court
1887–1907
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Category:1835 births Category:1921 deaths Category:Judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri


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