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Jesse Frank McInnis, known as J. Frank McInnis (January 28, 1886 – January 27, 1959), was a judge of his state's Second Circuit Court of Appeal from Minden, Louisiana. In 1952, McInnis succeeded Robert F. Kennon of Minden, in the circuit judgeship which Kennon vacated to become governor of Louisiana. Prior to his appeals court service, McInnis served for twenty-two years on the now 26th Judicial District Court.〔"Judge J. F. McInnis Will Retire Soon," ''Minden Herald'', December 18, 1953, p. 1〕 ==Biography== The son of Jesse McInnis (1858-1946),〔Records of Old Castor Cemetery, Castor, Louisiana〕 McInnis was born on a farm near Castor in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana. From 1919-1924, he was the deputy Webster Parish clerk of court under John H. Tillman, in which capacity he independently studied for the law.〔"McInnis became longest serving judge of 26th District," ''Minden Herald'' January 6, 1950, p. 1〕 In 1923, he was admitted to the Louisiana bar and began the practice of law in Minden. One of his early law partners was another attorney originally from Castor, John T. Campbell (1903-1993), who also for a time was the secretary of the Louisiana State Senate.〔"Local attorney to be honored", ''Minden Press-Herald'', March 20, 1942, p. 1〕 On January 1, 1930, Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr., appointed McInnis, a fellow Democrat, to the new 26th District state court, created in 1926 and based in Benton, the seat of Bossier Parish.〔"J. F. McInnis Candidate for District Judge: He Is Now Serving on the Bench", ''Minden Herald'', May 1, 1930, p. 1〕 After his short-term appointment, McInnis was elected to full terms on the district court in 1930, when he defeated fellow Democrat R. H. Lee in a runoff election,〔''Minden Herald'', September 18, 1930, p. 1〕 1936, when he topped opponent Clifford E. Hays,〔"How They Stand in Webster Parish", ''Minden Herald'', January 24, 1936, p. 1〕 1942, and again in 1948. Some 80 percent of McInnis' criminal court rulings were upheld on appeal. At the time, few criminal cases were appealed.〔 As district judge, McInnis succeeded Judge Harmon Caldwell Drew, who at the time was elevated to the Second Circuit Court of Appeal in Shreveport.〔 Drew was the father of later City Judge and State Representative R. Harmon Drew, Sr. Harmon Caldwell Drew's grandson, Harmon Drew, Jr., also of Minden, still serves on the same appeal court. From 1945-1946, McInnis served briefly on the Court of Appeals〔 and returned to that body when Judge Kennon became governor in 1952. In December 1953, McInnis retired after a year and a half of service on the circuit court of appeals, having completed Kennon's unexpired term. In 1953, he was named "Citizen of the Year" by the Minden Lions Club.〔 In February 1954, McInnis joined the Minden law firm of John B. Benton, Jr. (1924–2009), and Enos Carr McClendon, Jr., later a state court judge from 1960 to 1978.〔"Judge J.F. McInnis Joins Law firm," February 19, 1954, p. 1〕 He was married to the former Cortez Mixon (November 3, 1889–December 2, 1947).〔〔Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, Minden Cemetery records〕 The couple resided at 211 Goode Avenue in Minden in Webster Parish.〔Telephone directory, Minden, Louisiana, 1940〕 McInnis was a Methodist.〔 McInnis died on the day before his 73rd birthday in Madison, Wisconsin, where he was visiting his daughter, Elizabeth Crumpton (1917-2013), and her husband, Dr. Charles Whitmarsh Crumpton, Sr. Elizabeth Crumpton was living in Middleton near Madison at the time of her death in 2013. Frank and Cortez McInnis are interred at Minden Cemetery.〔〔"Final Rites at 3 p.m. Friday for Judge J. Frank McInnis", ''Minden Herald'', January 29, 1959, p. 1〕 Judge McInnis, through his brother John Lawson McInnis, Sr., was an uncle of the Minden businessmen and building contractors, Harry Elwood McInnis, Sr. (1913-2003), and John Lawson McInnis, Jr. (1915-1994).〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frances McInnis Crumpton )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. Frank McInnis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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