Elwood L. Thomas | |
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Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri | |
In office October 1, 1991 – July 30, 1995 |
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Appointed by | John Ashcroft |
Preceded by | Andrew Jackson Higgins |
Succeeded by | Ronnie L. White |
Personal details | |
Born |
Council Bluffs, Iowa |
July 24, 1930
Died | July 30, 1995 Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri |
(aged 65)
Spouse(s) | Susanne Thomas |
Alma mater |
Simpson College Drake University Law School |
Elwood L. Thomas was a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri, under an appointment by then-Governor John Ashcroft. He was retained at the November, 1992, election. He died while on the court from complications of Parkinson's Disease. He was remembered by his fellow judges as "one of the state's best legal minds." Before being appointed to the Supreme Court, Judge Thomas was a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law from 1965 to 1978, and then was a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City, Missouri.