Louis Cox

Louis Sherburne Cox (November 22, 1874 – May 12, 1961) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from November 10, 1937, to January 12, 1944. He was appointed by Governor Charles F. Hurley .

Louis S. Cox

Biography

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Born in Manchester, New Hampshire , Cox was one of four brothers including Channing H. Cox , who became Governor of Massachusetts. Cox received a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1896, and a law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1899. In 1904, he was elected to represent Lawrence, Massachusetts in the Massachusetts Senate , and in 1906 was appointed as a postmaster by President Theodore Roosevelt . In 1915, Cox was elected Essex County District Attorney, which office he held until 1918, when Governor Samuel W. McCall appointed Cox to the Massachusetts Superior Court . In 1937, Governor Charles F. Hurley appointed Cox to the state supreme court, where Cox remained until 1944.

On October 16, 1902, Cox married Mary I. Fields, with whom he had a son and a daughter.

Cox died at Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, Massachusetts , at the age of 87.

References

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   Metcalf, Henry Harrison; Abbott, Frances M., eds. (1919). One Thousand New Hampshire Notables . The Rumford Printing Company. p. 522. Retrieved March 2, 2023 – via Internet Archive.

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   "Louis S. Cox Dies at 87, Was High Court Justice" . _The Boston Globe _. Lawrence. May 13, 1961. p. 6. Retrieved March 2, 2023.

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