- Louie Willard Strum
Louie Willard Strum (
January 16 ,1890 –July 26 ,1954 ) was an American lawyer andjudge .Strum was born in 1890 in
Valdosta, Georgia , to Louis H. and Dora (Ramsey) Strum. [http://fulltext.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?idno=SF00000212&c=fhp&seq=278;view=image] He served in the U.S. Navy from 1906 to 1910. Strum attendedStetson University College of Law , where he was a member ofSigma Nu andPhi Delta Phi . He received an LL.B. in 1912, and entering private practice in Jacksonville the same year. He served inWorld War I as a Navylieutenant commander from April 6, 1917, to July 1, 1919. He commanded several men-of-war and was detailed asexecutive officer of theUnited States Naval Station Tutuila . [http://fulltext.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?idno=SF00000212;c=fhp;seq=279;view=image;sid=689ae1280c1c21bcc3d81c90a6ab18f2;cc=fhp;size=s;a=51]Strum was assistant attorney for
Jacksonville, Florida from 1921 to 1923 and wascity attorney from 1923 to 1925. From 1925 to 1931 he was a justice of theSupreme Court of Florida , serving as chief judge in 1931.President
Herbert Hoover nominated Strum to theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on February 21, 1931, to a new seat created by 46 Stat. 820. Confirmed by the Senate on February 28, 1931, he received commission on March 2, 1931. Hoover served as chief judge from 1948-1950.President
Harry S. Truman nominated Strum to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on September 14, 1950, to the seat vacated byCurtis Longino Waller . Confirmed by the Senate on September 23, 1950, he received commission on September 26, 1950. Strum served on the court until his death in 1954.External links
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