Roscoe P. Conkling

Conkling in 1913 at age 24

Roscoe Powers Conkling (May 3, 1889 – October 28, 1954) was a Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court from 1947 to 1954,[1][2] including a period as Chief Justice.[3]

Biography

Conkling was born on May 3, 1889 in Carrollton, Missouri to Virgil Marcellus Conkling (1865-1912) and Alpha Ann Powers (1866-1951). He attended school there and, from 1905, in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated in Law from the University of Missouri in 1912 and began practicing law that year in Kansas City. After army service in the Field Artillery during World War I he returned to legal practice and moved to St Joseph in 1924. He became prosecuting attorney for Jackson County and special commissioner of the Missouri Supreme Court. He also served as a member of the State Board of Bar Examiners (1926–30), and as president of the Buchanan County Bar Association.

He was appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court under the states non-partisan court plan on January 1, 1947 during the first term of Governor Phil M. Donnelly. He was re-elected to the court on November 2, 1948 for a 12 year term, and had recently completed his turn as chief justice of the court when he died.[3][4] He was awarded an honorary degree from William Jewell College in 1954.

Conkling married Mildred Scott in 1914, and they had two daughters. He had a heart attack and died on his way to St. Mary's Hospital on October 28, 1954 in Jefferson City, Missouri.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Missouri History: Judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri 1820-2011". Jason Kander: Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Former Judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri". Your Missouri Courts. Supreme Court of Missouri. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Judge Roscoe Conkling". New York Times. October 29, 1954. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  4. ↑ "Roscoe Powers Conkling Dies". Evening Press. October 28, 1954. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
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