Arthur D. Hay

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name = Arthur D. Hay


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office = 62nd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
termstart = 1942
termend = 1952
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appointer = Charles A. Sprague
predecessor = John L. Rand
successor = William C. Perry
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birthdate = October 24 1884
birthplace = Scotland
deathdate = death date and age|1952|12|19|1884|10|24|mf=y
deathplace = Oregon
spouse = Edith M. Lawson

Arthur Douglas Hay (1884-1952) was an American attorney and judge in Oregon. He was the 62nd Associate Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, serving from 1942 to 1952. A native of Scotland, prior to joining the state’s highest court, he served as a state circuit court judge.

Early life

Arthur Hay was born in Scotland in the British Isles on October 24 1884.Corning, Howard M. "Dictionary of Oregon History". Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.] In Scotland at local schools in Edinburgh he received his primary education before immigrating to the United States through New York in 1906. Two years later he moved to Oregon where he enrolled at the University of Oregon School of Law. There he earned a LL.B. degree in 1911.

Legal career

After graduation Hay moved to Portland, Oregon where he practiced law until 1912 when he relocated to Southern Oregon and Klamath Falls. In 1914 he married the former Edith M. Lawson, and they would have three children together. In 1915 they moved to neighboring Lakeview, Oregon, the county seat of Lake County. There in 1925 Arthur Hay became the district attorney for the county, serving through the next year. In 1933 Hay was appointed as state circuit court judge, and was twice re-elected.

On November 28 1942, he was appointed by Oregon Governor Charles A. Sprague to the Oregon Supreme Court to replace John L. Rand who had died in office. [http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections24.htm Oregon Blue Book: Oregon Governors.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on February 3 2008.] [http://www.bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections27.htm Oregon Blue Book: Supreme Court Justices of Oregon.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on February 3 2008.] Hay won election to a full six-year term on the court in 1944 with re-election to another term in 1950. However, he did not finish the term and died in office on December 19, 1952.

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