Justice Louie Willard Strum
Former Justice Louie Willard Strum was the 40th Justice on the Supreme Court serving from 1925-1931.
He grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. By 1912, he had earned his LL.B from Stetson University College of Law. After he was admitted to the Florida Bar, he started his law practice in Jacksonville, taking three years out to serve in the United States Navy during World War I.
His interest in politics led him to take a job as Jacksonville city attorney. He actively participated in the campaign of John Martin for mayor of Jacksonville, then in Martin’s successful run for governor of Florida.
The new governor appointed him to the Florida Supreme Court in 1925, where he served until he was appointed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in Jacksonville, in 1931.
He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1952, and died while serving in that office.
Quick facts about Justice Strum:
- Served March 2, 1925 – March 5, 1931 as Justice
- Served January 13, 1931 – March 5, 1931 as chief justice
- Appointed at age 35
- Born: January 16, 1890 - Valdosta, Georgia
- Died: July 26, 1954, Jacksonville, Florida
- County Judge: No.
- Circuit Judge: No.
Former Justices
- Justice Robert J. Luck
- Justice Barbara Lagoa
- Justice Alan Lawson
- Justice James E.C. Perry
- Justice Ricky Polston
- Justice Kenneth B. Bell
- Justice Raoul G. Cantero
- Justice Peggy A. Quince
- Justice R. Fred Lewis
- Justice Barbara J. Pariente
- Justice Harry Lee Anstead
- Justice Charles Talley Wells
- Justice Major B. Harding
- Justice Gerald Kogan
- Justice Stephen H. Grimes
- Justice Rosemary Barkett
- Justice Leander J. Shaw, Jr.
- Justice Raymond Ehrlich
- Justice Parker Lee McDonald
- Justice James E. Alderman
- Justice Frederick Brennan Karl
- Justice Joseph Woodrow Hatchett
- Justice Alan C. Sundberg
- Justice Arthur J. England, Jr.
- Justice Ben. F. Overton
- Justice Hal P. Dekle
- Justice David Lucius McCain
- Justice Joseph Arthur Boyd, Jr.
- Justice James Calhoun Adkins, Jr.
- Justice Vassar Benjamin Carlton
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- Justice Richard William Ervin
- Justice Millard Fillmore Caldwell
- Justice Stephen C. O'Connell
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- Justice Tolbert Frank Hobson
- Justice Paul Dryden Barns
- Justice Harold Leon "Tom" Sebring
- Justice Alto Lee Adams
- Justice Elwyn Thomas
- Justice Roy Harrison Chapman
- Justice Fred Henry Davis
- Justice Rivers Henderson Buford
- Justice Louie Willard Strum
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- Justice Charles H. Dupont
- Justice Benjamin D. Wright
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Contact Information
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