Luere B. Deasy

American judge (1859–1940)

Luere B. Deasy (February 8, 1859 – March 1940) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from Maine. Deasy, a Republican from Bar Harbor, served two terms in the Maine Senate (1907-1910), including one as Senate President (1909-1910).[1] He was appointed by Governor Carl Milliken as a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to a seat vacated by the resignation of George E. Bird,[2] serving thereafter from September 25, 1918, to February 7, 1930.

Deasy was originally from Gouldsboro, Maine and graduated from Eastern State Normal School in Castine, Maine and Boston University School of Law. In religion he was a Unitarian. As a practicing lawyer starting in 1886, Deasy was noted for his persuasiveness.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Legislators Biographical Search". Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Makes Over Whole Supreme Court", The Bangor Daily News (September 21, 1918), p. 2.
  3. ^ "Luere B. Deasy, Bar Harbor, ca. 1909". Maine Historical Society. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
George E. Bird
 Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
1918–1930 		Succeeded by
William Robinson Pattangall
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