Frank Ely Atwood

Background

Atwood, Frank Ely was born on October 5, 1878 in Carrollton, Missouri, United States. Son of Jacob Smith and Nancy (Goodson) Atwood.

Education

Student of University of Missouri, 1898. Bachelor of Arts, William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1902, Master of Arts, 1912, Doctor of Laws, 1830. Read law in office of Lozier & Morris, Carrollton.

Career

Admitted to Missouri bar, 1904. Member Lozier, Morris & Atwood, Carrollton, 1905-1911. Senior member Atwood & Atwood.

Mayor of Carrollton, 1914-1915.

Prosecuting attorney Carroll County, Missouri, 1915-1919. Legal adviser Draft Board, Carroll County, 1917-1918.

Member Missouri Constitutional Convention, 1922 (Chairman of Commission on suffrage and elections). Assistant general counsel Missouri Public Service Commission, 1923-1924.

Judge Supreme Court of Missouri, 1925-1935.

Resumed practice. Delaware Republican National Convention, 1936. Member Republican Program Committee, 1938-1940.

Trustee William Jewell College.

Achievements

• Frank Ely Atwood has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

Life is not about things. Life is relationships. Foremost of those relationships is the one we hold with Jesus Christ.

Membership

Member American Bar Association (chairman special commission on law lists, 1937-1939), Missouri State Bar Association (president 1934-1935), American Law Institute, American Judicature Society (president 1938), Missouri Institute for Administration of Justice (director), Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Phi, Order of the Coif.

• Member of Missouri Bar Association. American Bar Association. Academy, of Political Science. American Law Institute.

Connections

Married Agnes Rea Luscombe, October 22, 1908.

Father:

Jacob Smith Atwood

Mother:

Nancy (Goodson) Atwood

Spouse:

Agnes Rea Luscombe