Augustus Neander Summers (June 13, 1856 – May 19, 1927)The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System - Augustus Neander Summers was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was on the Ohio Supreme Court 1904–1911.
Biography Augustus N. Summers was born at Shelby, Richland County, Ohio. He graduated from Wittenberg College, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, in 1879, and began study of law in Springfield, being admitted to the bar in 1881. He was elected city attorney in 1885 until 1891. He then was in private practice until 1894, when he was elected a judge on the second circuit.Smith 1898 volume 2 : 180
Summers served as a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1904 to 1911.State of Ohio
Following his electoral defeat in 1910, Summers returned to private practice in Springfield with his partner, George A. Beard. He died in Springfield May 21, 1927, after a lengthy illness, and is interred in Ferncliff cemetery.
Summers married Nellie Thomas of Springfield in 1887. They had two sons.Reed 1897 : 289
See also List of justices of the Ohio Supreme Court
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