Edward Ray Sloan

Edward Ray Sloan (March 12, 1883 – January 30, 1964) was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives and justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from April 6, 1931, to January 9, 1933.

Life and education He was born March 12, 1883, in Seward County, Nebraska, his family then moved to Sheridan County, Kansas in 1886.

He was married to Miss Julia L. Write at her home in Norton, Kansas January 24, 1906.

He was a Methodist and on occasion spoke to church groups on subject such as "Christianity and Law" and "The Trail of Christ".

Career He was elected as the Sheridan County attorney at the end of 1904 before passing the Bar, and then re-elected for a further two terms, all the time running his own private practice in Hoxie, Kansas.

He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for three terms, from 1923 until 1929. When it was realised by the Kansas Bar Association that any qualified man who started a write-in vote campaign could take the seat the president Gilbert Frith urged member of the bar to have Justice Sloan, a Democrat, written in. So then in April 1931 Governor Woodring appointed Sloan to the Kansas Supreme Court, where he served the remaining 21 months of the unexpired term. He said that he would re-join his practice in Topeka Sloan, Hamilton and Sloan,

He was later appointed to the Kansas Corporation Commission and was the chairman from 1936 until 1938. He received an honorary doctorate of law from the Washburn University School of Law in 1954.

Death He died at home in Topeka, Kansas January 30, 1964 in his sleep.