Background
Souter, Clyde Douglas was born on September 21, 1885 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Emma H. (Kreiger) Souter.
Souter, Clyde Douglas was born on September 21, 1885 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Emma H. (Kreiger) Souter.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1906. Student Columbia Law School, 1906-1907. Bachelor of Laws, New Jersey Law School, Newark, 1910.
Admitted to New Jersey bar, 1911, and practiced in New Jersey until 1923. Judge of Second District Court of Jersey City, New Jersey, 1918-1923. City attorney of Kearney, New Jersey, 1915-1923.
Instructor law New Jersey Law School, 1915-1917, assistant professor, 1917-1919, professor, 1919-1923. Admitted to Nevada bar 1923, and since practiced in Reno. Lecturer on law, University of Nevada, 1926-1940.
Served as chairman Four Minute Men, local Council of National Defense, inspector-instructor for Essex County, New Jersey, and chairman legal advisory board, Kearney, New Jersey, World War. Three times v. chairman and twice secretary Republican State Central Committee of Nevada, chairman, 1936-1938. Delaware Republican National Convention, 1936-1944-48.
Member American, New Jersey, Washoe County bar associations, State Bar of Nevada, Reno Chamber Commerce, Dartmouth Association of Northern California, Delta Theta Phi. Mason (32 degree, Shriner), Knights of Pythias, Eagles, Elks. Clubs: The Lawyers’ (New York).
Married Genevieve Dwyer, July 26, 1911.; married second, Evelyn Madeley Richardson, January 3, 1925. Children: Edna Marion, Mary Elizabeth, Dorothy Elaine, Robert Mason.