Frank Burris Goudy (1882 – October 14, 1944)Justice Frank Goudy Of Colorado Supreme Court Dies Saturday
, ''The Daily Sentinel'' (October 15, 1944), p. 1, 13."Justice Frank Goudy Of Colorado Supreme Court Dies Saturday", ''The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel'' (October 15, 1944), p. 1. was an associate justice of the

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from 1942 until his death in 1944. Born in

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, the son of Frank Curtis Goudy, an attorney, the family moved several times before setting in

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. Goudy received an undergraduate degree from

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in 1905, and then worked as an engineer in mining and irrigation. In 1915, after a postgraduate year studying law, he gained

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in Colorado, and "entered partnership with his father, specializing in irrigation and insurance law". In August 1942, Governor

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appointed Goudy to a seat on the state supreme court made vacant by the death of Justice

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. Goudy was then elected to the seat as a Republican that November, defeating Democratic candidate

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.Amendment Is Defeated
, ''Greeley Daily Tribune'' (November 24, 1942), p. 10. Goudy served for two years, then died at his home after an illness of several months at the age of 62.

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