Austin M. Cowan

Austin M. Cowan (1885 – June 13, 1949) was a Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from June 9, 1948 to November 30, 1948.[1]

Cowan was appointed to the court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Allen Banks Burch on May 31, 1948.[2] This was a temporary appointment pending an election of Robert T. Price who completed the unexpired term of Burch.[3]

Prior to his short service to the supreme court he had practised law for 38 years in other forums.[4]

He was born 1885 in Valley Falls, Kansas later moving to Parsons, Kansas with his family at the age of 12.[5] He earned his law degree in 1911 from the University of Michigan Law School, and served during World War II in the navy.[5]

He died June 13, 1949 at the age of 63, along with his wife Edwina in a plane crash near to the Wichita airport.[6][7]

References
  1. "KS Courts - Historical Listing of Supreme Court Justices". www.kscourts.org. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. "8 Jun 1948, 1 - The Manhattan Mercury at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. "29 Nov 1948, 1 - The Manhattan Mercury at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. "In Memoriam" (PDF). Washburn University School of Law. p. IX. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. Lee, R. Alton (2014). Sunflower Justice: A New History of the Kansas Supreme Court. U of Nebraska Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-8032-4841-0. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  6. "Miami Daily News Record Archives, Jun 14, 1949, p. 1". NewspaperArchive.com. 14 June 1949. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. "13 Jun 1949, Page 1 - The Iola Register at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Allen Banks Burch		 Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
1948–1948		 Succeeded by
Robert T. Price


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