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Eugene Octave Sykes Jr. (July 16, 1876 – June 21, 1945) was a justice on the
Mississippi Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the highest court in the state of Mississippi. It was established in 1818 per the terms of the first constitution of the state and was known as the High Court of Errors and Appeals from 1832 to 1869. The court ...
. He served as the first
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from 1934 to 1935.


Early life

Eugene Octave Sykes was born in
Aberdeen, Mississippi Aberdeen is the county seat of Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,961, down from 5,612 in 2010. Located on the banks of the Tombigbee River, Aberdeen was one of the busiest Mississippi ports ...
, on July 16, 1876, to Eugene Octave Sykes Sr. and India Rogers. He attended St. John's College High School and the
United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a United States Service academies, federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as United States Secre ...
, and the
University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (Epithet, byname Ole Miss) is a Public university, public research university in University, near Oxford, Mississippi, United States, with a University of Mississippi Medical Center, medical center in Jackson, Miss ...
for his graduate degree.


Career

Sykes served on the
Mississippi Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the highest court in the state of Mississippi. It was established in 1818 per the terms of the first constitution of the state and was known as the High Court of Errors and Appeals from 1832 to 1869. The court ...
from 1916 to 1924, appointed by
Theodore Bilbo Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (October 13, 1877 – August 21, 1947) was an American politician who twice served as governor of Mississippi (1916–1920, 1928–1932) and later was elected a U.S. Senator (1935–1947). Bilbo was a demagogue and filibus ...
. Leslie Southwick
Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996
18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998).
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appointed him to the
Federal Radio Commission The Federal Radio Commission (FRC) was a government agency that regulated United States radio communication from its creation in 1927 until 1934, when it was succeeded by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FRC was established by ...
in 1927. In 1932, he was chairman of the American delegation to the International Radio Conference in Madrid. In 1933, he was chairman of the delegation to the North American Radio Conference in Mexico City. He served as the first
chairman of the Federal Communications Commission The following is a list of the chairs of the Federal Communications Commission. List References

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from 1934 to 1935. In 1939, he resigned from the commission. Sykes then worked as a member of the Spearman, Sykes & Robinson law firm in
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Personal life

In 1903, Sykes married Malvina Scott. They had three children. Sykes died of a heart attack on June 21, 1945, in Washington, D.C.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sykes, Eugene Octave 1876 births 1945 deaths Members of the Federal Radio Commission People from Aberdeen, Mississippi University of Mississippi alumni Chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission Justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi Franklin D. Roosevelt administration personnel