Draft:William B. Reese (judge)

William B. Reese (November 19, 1793 – July 7, 1859) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1835 to 1847.

Born in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

"elected December 4, 1835, served until retirement, October 1, 1847; first native Tennessean to serve on Supreme Bench; chancellor of Eastern Division, 1831 (succeeding Nathan Greene), until election to Supreme Court; unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senate, 1847, defeated by John Bell, president of East Tennessee University (now University of Tennessee) from 1851 until shortly before death."