Background
Cox, Louis Sherburne was born on November 22, 1874 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Charles Edson and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox.
Cox, Louis Sherburne was born on November 22, 1874 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Charles Edson and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1896. Bachelor of Laws, Boston University School of Law, 1899, Doctor of Laws, Boston University, 1936. Juris Scientiae Doctor, Suffolk University, 1950.
Student Harvard Medical School, 1896-1897.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1899 and began practice in Boston. Removed to Lawrence, 1900. Member Massachusetts Senate, 5th Essex District, 1906.
Postmaster, Lawrence, 1906-1914. District attorney Eastern District of Massachusetts, 1915-1918. Justice Massachusetts Superior Court, 1918-1937.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1937-1944. Massachusetts Judicial Council since 1944.
Served as captain, Battery C. Massachusetts National Guard, 1910-1913. Member American Massachusetts and Boston bar associations, N.H. History Society (trustee), Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Sphinx. Mason (32 degree), Odd.
Club: University (Boston).
Married Mary I. Fieles, October 22, 1902. Children: Randall Truell, Dorothy.