James Dudley Simon (January 30, 1897 – October 23, 1982) was a Louisiana politician who served on the

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from 1955 to 1960.

Biography

Born in

St. Martinville St. Martinville (french: Saint-Martin)Jack A. Reynolds. "St. Martinville" entry i"Louisiana Placenames of Romance Origin."LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses #7852. 1942. p. 480. is a city in and the parish seat of St. Martin Parish, Louisiana ...

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, Simon graduated from the

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in 1918 and then served in

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. He served in the

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from 1921 to 1925, and was thereafter a district court judge from 1925 to 1941, when he received a temporary appointed to the Orleans Court of Appeals until 1942. Simon was elected to the state supreme court in January 1955, and retired on August 23, 1960."James Dudley Simon", ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', Vol. 2 (1988), p. 744.

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