John W. Banks
American judge
About John W. Banks
Lived 1867 – 1958 (aged 90–91).
John Wallace Banks (September 22, 1867 – March 8, 1958) was a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from June 30, 1927 to September 22, 1937.
Early life, education, and career Born in Bethlehem, Connecticut, to the Reverend George Wallace Banks and Eliza Frances, Banks attended Guilford High School, where he was in Phi Beta Kappa. Over the next two decades, Banks continued to practice law, both in partnerships and as a solo practitioner, also serving on a state committee for the revision of statutes from 1915 to 1918.
Personal life On June 7, 1896, Banks married Mary Cowles Gray. They had no children. Banks was an avid fisherman and golfer, and on his retirement from the court was presented by his fellow judges with camping and fishing gear.
Banks died in a convalescent home in Fairfield, Connecticut, at the age of 90.
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American judge
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John W. Banks was born in 1867.
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John W. Banks died in 1958.
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