David Josiah Brewer

David Josiah Brewer was a prominent Leavenworth attorney who served as judge for various probate and criminal courts of Leavenworth County, Kansas beginning in 1862. He served as judge of the First District court of Kansas, justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas and of the United States Circuit court. In 1889, Brewer was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison to serve as justice on the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States. He served the Supreme Court until his death in 1910. (Source: The World's Best orations: from the earliest period to the present, volume 1")

Brewer is the namesake for two Leavenworth locations, David Brewer Elementary School and David Brewer Park.

His photograph is a copy of an original oil painting, on file at the Kansas State Historical Society: https://www.kshs.org/km/items/view/200092