Louis W. Marcus

Louis William Marcus (May 18, 1863 – August 18, 1923) was a Jewish-American lawyer and judge from Buffalo, New York. He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court.

Early life

Marcus was born on May 18, 1863, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Leopold and Amelia Marcus.[1] Marcus attended public school and Williams Academy. He then went to Cornell Law School, graduating from there with an LL.B. in 1889.[2]

Career

Marcus was admitted to the bar when he was twenty five, and in 1890 he helped form the law firm Swift, Weaver & Marcus. When Swift withdrew from the firm in 1892, it continued under the name Weaver & Marcus. The firm ended with Weaver's death in 1894.[3]

In 1895, Marcus was elected judge of the Surrogate's Court of Erie County as a Republican. He was re-elected judge in 1901. In 1905, Governor Frank W. Higgins appointed him Justice of the New York Supreme Court to succeed the retiring Edward W. Hatch.[4] He was elected to the position in 1906, and in 1920 he was re-elected for a fourteen-year term. He served as Justice until his death.[5]

Personal life

In 1889, he married Ray H. Dahlman. Following Ray's death in 1917, he lived with his sister Rosalind C. Marcus.[6] Marcus was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, the Freemasons, the Shriners, the Buffalo Club, and the Country Club.[7][5]

Marcus died from a year's long illness on August 18, 1923.[7] He was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery.[7]

References

  1. ^ Men and Women of America. New York, N.Y.: L. R. Hamersly & Company. 1910. p. 1126 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ White, Truman C., ed. (1898). Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Erie County, New York. Vol. II. The Boston History Company. pp. 13–14 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ The Men of New York. Vol. I. Buffalo, N.Y.: Geo E. Matthews & Co. 1898. pp. 165–166 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Cornellian on the Bench". Cornell Alumni News. VIII (8). Ithaca, N.Y.: 85–86 22 November 1905. hdl:1813/25981 – via Cornell University Library.
  5. ^ a b Landman, Isaac, ed. (1942). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York, N.Y.: The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Inc. p. 348 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Louis W. Marcus '89". Cornell Alumni News. XXXVI (2). Ithaca, N.Y.: 23 4 October 1923. hdl:1813/26694 – via Cornell University Library.
  7. ^ a b c "JUSTICE MARCUS WILL BE BURIED HERE TOMORROW" (PDF). Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, N.Y. 19 August 1923. p. 80 – via Fultonhistory.com.
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