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Charles A. Leedy Jr. (May 20, 1895 – October 8, 1978)[1][2] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1933 to 1964.[3]
Born in Benton, Missouri, Leedy attended the public schools of Cameron and Plattsburg. He attended Missouri Wesleyan College, and studied law at St. Joseph Law School "under the direction of Judge Alonzo D. Burnes".[1]
He served in the [[United States Army during World War I.[2]
He was stenographer to Gen. Charles G. Dawes, who later served as vice president under Calvin Coolidge. He was a shorthand reporter for the American delegation to the Versailles peace conference at the end of the war.[2]
(more in obit)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Judge Caleb A. (C.A.) Leedy Jr". Missouri Courts. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Ex-Chief Justice, C.A. Leedy, Dies", The Kansas City Times (October 10, 1978), p. 20.
- ^ "Former Judges of the Supreme Court". www.courts.mo.gov.
- ^ "State Justice Leedy to Retire; On Supreme Court Since 1933", St. Louis Post-Dispatch (August 19, 1964), p. 5.
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