Louis W. Marcus
American judge (1863–1923)
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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]