Louis Cox

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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.

Biography

Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, Cox was one of four brothers including Channing H. Cox, who became Governor of Massachusetts.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/onethousandnewha00metciala/page/522/mode/1up |title=One Thousand New Hampshire Notables |editor1-first=Henry Harrison |editor1-last=Metcalf |editor2-first=Frances M. |editor2-last=Abbott |publisher=The Rumford Printing Company |page=522 |date=1919 |access-date=2023-03-02 |via=Internet Archive}} Cox received a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1896, and a law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1899.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97674247/obituary-for-louis-s-cox-aged-62/ |title=Louis S. Cox Dies at 87, Was High Court Justice |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Lawrence |page=6 |date=May 13, 1961 |access-date=2023-03-02}} 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.