Draft:Frank Ely Atwood

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{{Short description|American judge (1878–1943)}}

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Frank Ely Atwood (October 5, 1878 – March 5, 1943)"[https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-missourian-frank-ely-atwood-pr/159427113/ Frank Ely Atwood, Prominent Lawyer, Dies at Carrollton]", Columbia Missourian (March 5, 1943), p. 2.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=180234|title=Judge Frank Ely Atwood|access-date=January 15, 2023|website=www.courts.mo.gov}} was a justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1925 to 1934.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=299|title=Former Judges of the Supreme Court|website=www.courts.mo.gov}}

{{quote|Atwood entered private law practice in Jefferson City after completion of his term on the supreme court in 1935. Active in Republican politics for many years, he frequently was legal advisor to Gov. Forrest C. Donnell, himself a lawyer, and aided Donnell in the Democratic-inspired governorship contest in 1941.}}

Born in Carrollton, Missouri.