Amos Lee Ponder Explained

Amos Lee Ponder Jr. (March 26, 1887 – October 19, 1959) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from January 4, 1937, to October 19, 1959.[1] [2]

Born at Fort Jesup in Louisiana, Ponder attended Mt. Lebanon College and Tulane University, and graduated as president of his class at Louisiana State University 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.[3] He was reelected in 1950.[4]

Ponder died at Baptist Hospital in New Orleans, following a bout with pneumonia.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present. Louisiana Supreme Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608080334/http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices.aspx. May 16, 2020. 2019-06-08.
  2. Web site: Amos L. Ponder, Jr., 1937 (Jan. 4)-1959 (Oct. 19). Louisiana Supreme Court. May 15, 2020.
  3. Biographies of Judges of Louisiana. 1st Edition, 1956. Issued by the Louisiana District Judges Association.
  4. "Associate Justice Amos Ponder Dies", The Greenwood Commonwealth (October 19, 1959), p. 8.
  5. "Justice Amos Ponder Succumbs To Illness", The Crowley Post-Signal (October 19, 1959), p. 1.

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