Background
Blair, David Ellmore was born on August 16, 1874 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of Edgar W. and Emma A. (McClure) Blair.
Blair, David Ellmore was born on August 16, 1874 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of Edgar W. and Emma A. (McClure) Blair.
Bachelor of Arts, Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, Kansas, 1896. Bachelor of Laws, University of Kansas, 1899.
Mistress Mabel Emma Gans and Eleanor (Mistress E. J. O’Keefe). Began practice at Joplin, Missouri, 1899. Member law firm Blair and Blair, 1906-1908, Blair and Decker, 1900-1903, Blair, Decker & Blair, 1903-1906.
Assistant prosecuting attorney, Jasper County, Missouri, 1903-1904. Judge Circuit Court, 25th Judicial Circuit, 1908-1917. Member Public Service Committee of Missouri, 1917-1920.
The American Association For Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri, 1921-1930, chief justice, 1925-1926. In practice of law, St. Louis, 1931-1934, returned to Joplin, 1934. Elected presiding judge Springfield Court of Appeals, November 1940, to fill unexpired term ending December 31, 1944 (only Missourian elected to all three benches).
Re-elected to Springfield Court of Appeals November 1944 for 12 year term, retired, September 1, 1954.
Member of the Jasper County Bar Association (president 1939), American and Missouri State bar associations. Mason (32°).
Married Mary Eleanor Henley, May 1, 1902. Children: Herbert Henley.