John E. Frankum

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John Eccleston Frankum (March 6, 1898 – June 7, 1978) was the hief Justice on the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1967 to 1970.

Early life, education, and career

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Born in Habersham County, Georgia ,

Frankum received his law degree from Atlanta Law School in 1920 and entered the practice of law in Clarkesville, Georgia . He was mayor of Clarkesville from 1931 to 1936.

Judicial career

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After serving for periods as a city court judge in Clarkesville, and as the city's solicitor general, Frankum was appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals in 1960 by Governor Ernest Vandiver . He was elected to the seat in November of that year, and reelected in 1966, serving only one year into his second term before Governor Lester Maddox appointed him to a seat on the Georgia Supreme Court, vacated by the death of Eugene Cook from a self-inflicted gunshot wound .

Frankum resigned from the court in 1970. He died eight years later, after a lengthy illness.

References

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1. ↑ "Memoriam", Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Volume 242 (1978), p. xxvii.

 "John Frankum, Former Justice", _The Atlanta Constitution_ (June 9, 1978), p. 5C.

1. ↑ "Frankum Named to Cook's Seat", The Atlanta Constitution (April 19, 1967), p. 1.

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