Conway Elder (1880 – December 10, 1957) was a justice of the

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from 1921 to 1922."Conway Elder, Former Judge, Dies at Age 77", ''St. Louis Globe-Democrat'' (December 11, 1957), p. 11. Elder received his law degree from

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in St. Louis, and gained

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in Missouri in 1905. He was elected to the

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as a Republican in 1914, and reelected in 1918. In 1920, he was elected to a two-year term on the state supreme court, but was defeated by Democrat William T. Ragland in his bid for reelection in 1922. In 1924, the

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appointed Elder to serve as a special commissioner to resolve a boundary line dispute in the case of '' Michigan v. Wisconsin'', which was ultimately decided in 1926.'' Michigan v. Wisconsin'', 270 U.S. 295 (1926). Following this service, Elder returned to the private practice of law until several years before his death. Elder died at St. Louis County Hospital at the age of 77.

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