Quincy Alden Myers (September 1, 1853 – December 27, 1921) was a justice of the

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from January 4, 1909, to January 4, 1915.

Early life and education

Born in

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,"Quincy Myers, Ex-Judge State Supreme Court, Dies", ''Logansport Pharos-Tribune'' (December 30, 1921), 1-2. and raised in

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,"Quincy Alden Myers Dies at Indianapolis", ''The Muncie Star Press'' (December 30, 1921), p. 1. Myers attended the Presbyterian Academy of Logansport and the Northwestern Christian University of Indianapolis, until illness forced him to withdraw from school. After studying at home with a tutor for a time, he entered

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in 1873, graduating with honors in 1875. After

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under the supervision of two Logansport attorneys, he entered

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, graduating as valedictorian of his class in 1877.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt,
Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices
, ''

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'', Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced i
Indiana Courts Justice Biographies page

Career

Myers entered the practice of law in Logansport and served as city attorney there from 1885 to 1887, and as county attorney of

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, from 1895 to 1897. In the

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he was chosen as one of the

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s from Indiana. Myers was elected to the Indiana Supreme Court in 1908, serving on the court from 1909 to 1915. In 1916, he was a

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candidate for governor against

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, a contest which Goodrich would ultimately win. When not holding political or judicial offices, Myers had a lucrative legal practice.

Personal life and death

Myers' parents were Isaac Neff Myers and Rosanna Justice Myers.Men of progress, Indiana : a selected list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life, together with brief notes of the history and character of Indiana
published 1899; via

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. He married Jessie D. Cornelius of Indianapolis on March 3, 1886. They had two daughters, one of whom died in 1910, and the other of whom survived Myers, as did his wife. Myers died at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital at the age of 68, from a streptococcic blood infection, following a short illness.

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* 1853 births 1921 deaths People from Logansport, Indiana Butler University alumni Dartmouth College alumni Albany Law School alumni Indiana Republicans 1900 United States presidential electors Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court {{US-state-judge-stub