Arch Bobbitt

Arch Newton Bobbitt (September 3, 1895 – January 24, 1978) was a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 2, 1951, to January 7, 1963.

Born in Eckerty, Crawford County, Indiana, Bobbit graduated from Birdseye High School, and attended Central Normal College in Danville, Indiana. After working as a school teacher and principal for a year, he was elected Crawford County Clerk in 1918, but resigned that office to serve in the United States Navy during World War I.

From 1943 to 1948, Bobbitt was a city attorney for Indianapolis, and was chief city attorney for the last three years of that service. In 1950, Bobbitt was elected to the Indiana Supreme Court, assuming office on January 1, 1951, and immediately commencing a rotation as chief justice. Bobbit was defeated in his 1963 bid for re-election, thereafter returning to private practice.