Draft:Spencer Atkinson (judge)

Spencer Roane Atkinson (November 1, 1851 – September 5, 1920) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1894 to 1897.

Born in Camden County, Georgia to Alexander Smith Atkinson and Mary Ann McDonald.

He was an at-large delegate to the 1884 Democratic National Convention, which nominated Grover Cleveland for president.

Atkinson served as judge of the Superior Courts of the Brunswick Circuit, from which position he resigned in 1892. In September 1893, it was reported that "Judge S. R. Atkinson, H. F. Dunwoody and Sam C. Atkinson have formed a partnership in the practice of law", with the report stating that the three were "well known over the state and are lawyers of ability".

He later served on Georgia's Board of Railroad Commissioners.

Atkinson married Mary Virginia Harrison. He died at his home in Atlanta at the age of 58.