Amos Lee Ponder Jr. (March 26, 1887 – October 19, 1959) was a justice of the

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from January 4, 1937, to October 19, 1959. Born at Fort Jesup in

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, Ponder attended Mt. Lebanon College and

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, and graduated as president of his class at

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in 1912. Ponder was a Louisiana district attorney until 1930, and then a district judge from 1930 to 1937, when he was elected to the state supreme court. He was reelected in 1950."Associate Justice Amos Ponder Dies", ''The Greenwood Commonwealth'' (October 19, 1959), p. 8. Ponder died at Baptist Hospital in New Orleans, following a bout with pneumonia."Justice Amos Ponder Succumbs To Illness", ''The Crowley Post-Signal'' (October 19, 1959), p. 1.

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