In addition to their wealth of public service, many of Indiana’s lawyers and judges have extended themselves into the public sphere as authors. Some remained in the legal realm, some found their lives worthy of autobiography or memoir, and still others became accomplished historians. This exhibit is meant to give you a glimpse at some of these Hoosier legal literaries.
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| Clarence Edward Benadum(7 June 1889 - 12 Nov. 1978) | Paul Vories McNutt (19 July 1891 - 24 Mar. 1955) |
| Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (6 Oct. 1862 - 27 Apr. 1927) | Sherman Minton (20 Oct. 1890 - 9 Apr. 1965) |
| Samuel Hamilton Buskirk(19 Jan. 1820 - 3 Apr. 1879) | Charles Washington Moores, Jr.(15 Feb. 1862 - 7 Dec. 1923) |
| Louis Blasdel Ewbank (5 Sept. 1864 - 6 Mar. 1953) | Harvey Morris(ca. 1852 - 23 June 1937) |
| William Pinckney Fishback (11 Nov. 1831 - 15 Jan. 1901) | Walter Dennis Myers (19 Dec. 1882 - 4 Aug. 1973) |
| Benjamin Harrison (20 Aug. 1833 - 13 Mar. 1901) | Samuel Wilson Parker (9 Sept. 1805 - 1 Feb. 1859) |
| David William Henry(10 Oct. 1852 - 7 June 1929) | George Sanders Rainey(21 Nov. 1893 - 2 Feb. 1989) |
| Jesse Lynch Holman(24 Oct. 1784 - 28 Mar. 1842) | Frederick E. Schortemeier (25 Mar. 1889 - 18 June 1965) |
| Charles Louis Holstein (26 Jan. 1843 - 22 Jan. 1901) | Curtis Grover Shake (14 July 1887 - 11 Sept. 1978) |
| Alvin Peterson Hovey (6 Sept. 1821 - 23 Nov. 1891) | Oliver Hampton Smith (23 Oct. 1794 - 1859) |
| George Washington Julian (5 May 1817 - 7 July 1899) | Richard Wigginton Thompson (9 June 1809 - 9 Feb. 1900) |
| John Law (28 Oct. 1796 - 7 Oct. 1873) | William Wheeler Thornton (27 June 1851 - 21 Jan. 1932) |
| Ulysses Samuel Lesh(9 Aug. 1868 - 5 June 1965) | Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (26 Sept. 1827 - 10 Apr. 1897) |
| Thomas Riley Marshall (14 Mar. 1854 - 1 June 1925) | James Eli Watson (2 Nov. 1864 - 29 July 1948) |
| Robert Wesley McBride(25 Jan. 1842 - 15 May 1926) | Joseph Albert Wright (17 Apr. 1810 - 11 May 1867) |