Roscoe P. Conkling

Roscoe P. Conkling (1889 - 1954) was a Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court from 1947 to 1954.[1][2]

Conkling was born on May 3, 1889, in Carrollton and 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 as Missouri Supreme Court Justice by Governor Phil M. Donnelly on January 1, 1947, and was reappointed for a 12-year term on November 2, 1948. He was awarded an honorary degree from William Jewell College in 1954.

Conkling married Mildred Scott in 1914, and they had two daughters. He died on October 28, 1954, at the age of 65, shortly after completing his term as chief justice.

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.
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