Louis Sherburne Cox (November 22, 1874 – May 12, 1961) was a justice of the

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from November 10, 1937, to January 12, 1944. He was appointed by Governor Charles F. Hurley.

Biography

Born in

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, Cox was one of four brothers including Channing H. Cox, who became Governor of Massachusetts. Cox received a

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from

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in 1896, and a law degree from

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in 1899. In 1904, he was elected to represent

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in the

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, and in 1906 was appointed as a postmaster by President

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. In 1915, Cox was elected Essex County District Attorney, which office he held until 1918, when Governor Samuel W. McCall appointed Cox to the

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. In 1937, Governor Charles F. Hurley appointed Cox to the state supreme court, where Cox remained until 1944. On October 16, 1902, Cox married Mary I. Fields, with whom he had a son and a daughter. Cox died at Lawrence General Hospital in

, at the age of 87.

References

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