Hiram K. Undercofler

Hiram Keller Undercofler (July 25, 1916 – July 23, 1998) was an American attorney, state legislator, and judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1967 to 1981, including a period as chief justice in 1980.

Early life, education, and military service Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Temple University, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He briefly attended Temple University Law School before enlisting as a flying cadet in the United States Army Air Corps in 1940.

Judicial service In December 1966, Governor Sanders announced that he intended to appoint Undercofler to the Georgia Supreme Court to fill the seat vacated by Justice Thomas S. Candler. Undercofler served "as a presiding Justice, from January 1, 1975 to March 1, 1980 and again from December 1980 to July 1981, and as Chief Justice from March l to December 20, 1980".

Undercofler died of cancer at a hospice in Atlanta shortly before his 82nd birthday.