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'''Hugh R. Adair''' (August 29, 1889 –January 18, 1971) was a legislator, lieutenant governor, and Justice of the [[Montana Supreme Court]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BshAQAAIAAJ&q=hugh+r..adair&dq=hugh+r..adair&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ_qLS7JXpAhWvm-AKHR0MC2kQ6AEIJjAA|title=House Journal|first=Montana Legislative Assembly House of|last=Representatives|date=May 2, 1969|via=Google Books}}</ref> He served on the court from 1943 to 1946 |
'''Hugh R. Adair''' (August 29, 1889 –January 18, 1971) was a legislator, lieutenant governor, and Justice of the [[Montana Supreme Court]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BshAQAAIAAJ&q=hugh+r..adair&dq=hugh+r..adair&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ_qLS7JXpAhWvm-AKHR0MC2kQ6AEIJjAA|title=House Journal|first=Montana Legislative Assembly House of|last=Representatives|date=May 2, 1969|via=Google Books}}</ref> He served on the court as Associate Justice from 1943 to 1946, as Chief Justice from 1947 to 1956, and again as an Associate Justice from 1957 until 1968.<ref name=mem>{{Cite web|url=https://mtmemory.org/digital/collection/p16013coll44/id/66/|title=Honorable Hugh R. Adair|website=mtmemory.org}}</ref> |
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In 1939 he served as president of the Montana Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGIbAQAAIAAJ&q=hugh+r.+adair+helena&dq=hugh+r.+adair+helena&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfyYi07ZXpAhXBc98KHYALDvk4ChDoATABegQIARAI|title=Senate Journal|first=Montana Legislative Assembly|last=Senate|date=May 2, 1939|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
In 1939 he served as president of the Montana Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGIbAQAAIAAJ&q=hugh+r.+adair+helena&dq=hugh+r.+adair+helena&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfyYi07ZXpAhXBc98KHYALDvk4ChDoATABegQIARAI|title=Senate Journal|first=Montana Legislative Assembly|last=Senate|date=May 2, 1939|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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Hugh R. Adair (August 29, 1889 –January 18, 1971) was a legislator, lieutenant governor, and Justice of the Montana Supreme Court.[1] He served on the court as Associate Justice from 1943 to 1946, as Chief Justice from 1947 to 1956, and again as an Associate Justice from 1957 until 1968.[2]
In 1939 he served as president of the Montana Senate.[3]
Adair was born in Ellis, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1913 with an LL.B and was admitted to the State Bar of Montana on January 26, 1914.[2]
Adair served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1931 through 1937 when he took office as Lieutenant Governor. He also served as President of the Senate.[2]
He was elected in 1942 to the Supreme Court as an associate justice and became chief justice in 1947. He served in that capacity until January 7, 1957 when he returned to Associate Justice status and served as suxh until his retirement in 1968.[2]
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References
- ^ Representatives, Montana Legislative Assembly House of (May 2, 1969). "House Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d "Honorable Hugh R. Adair". mtmemory.org.
- ^ Senate, Montana Legislative Assembly (May 2, 1939). "Senate Journal" – via Google Books.
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