Jesse Addison Udall Explained

Jesse Addison Udall
Office:Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
Term Start:January 1964
Term End:December 1964
Predecessor:Charles C. Bernstein
Successor:Lorna E. Lockwood
Office1:Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
Term Start1:1960
Term End1:1972
Predecessor1:Levi Stewart Udall
Successor1:William A. Holohan
State House2:Arizona
District2:14th
Term Start2:1931
Term End2:1938
Birth Date:June 24, 1893
Birth Place:Eagar, Territory of Arizona
Death Place:Phoenix, Arizona
Party:Republican
Spouse:Lela Lee, Lillian Cluff Jenkins
Children:6

Jesse Addison Udall (June 24, 1893 – April 18, 1980) was an American jurist and member of the Udall political family who served as chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.

Udall was born and raised in Arizona, he was the son of David King Udall and Ida Frances (Hunt) Udall and was named after Jesse Nathaniel Smith and Addison Pratt, his great-grandfather. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in the Arizona National Guard and was a veteran of both World War I and World War II and graduated from the University of Arizona Law School in 1924.

From 1931 to 1938, he was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives. He later served as a judge of the Arizona Superior Court from Graham County. From 1960 to 1972 he served as a justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, succeeding his brother Levi Stewart Udall in that position. In 1964 and 1969, he was chief justice. He died in Phoenix in 1980.

Legacy

His grandson, Gordon H. Smith was a U.S. Senator from Oregon. His grandson Jesse Udall is the husband of Michelle Udall.

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