Hall S. Lusk

Infobox Judge
name = Hall S. Lusk


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office = 30th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
termstart = 1949
termend = 1951
nominator =
appointer =
predecessor = George Rossman
successor = James T. Brand
office2 = 60th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
termstart2 = 1937
termend2 = 1968
nominator2 =
appointer2 = Charles H. Martin
predecessor2 = James U. Campbell
successor2 = Thomas Tongue
office3 = United States Senator from Oregon
termstart3 = March 16 1960
termend3 = November 8 1960
nominator3 =
appointer3 =
predecessor3 = Richard L. Neuberger
successor3 = Maurine Brown Neuberger
party = Democrat
birthdate = birth date|1883|9|21|mf=y
birthplace = Washington, D.C.
deathdate = Death date and age|1983|5|15|1883|9|21
deathplace = Beaverton, Oregon
spouse =

Hall Stoner Lusk (September 21, 1883 - May 15, 1983) was a United States Senator from Oregon. Born in Washington, D.C., he attended Georgetown Preparatory School from 1897 to 1900, graduated from Georgetown University in 1904 and from Georgetown Law School in 1907. He was secretary to a Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1906 to 1909, was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1907 and to the Oregon bar in 1910, and commenced practice in Portland. He was an assistant United States Attorney of Oregon from 1918 to 1920 and was unsuccessful for election to the Oregon Legislature in 1922. While in private practice he represented the Society of Sisters, and wrote their brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court in "Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary", 268 U.S. 510 (1925).

Lusk was circuit judge of Multnomah County from 1930 to 1937, and was appointed, and subsequently elected and reelected to the Oregon Supreme Court, serving from 1937 until his resignation on March 15, 1960. He was appointed on March 16, 1960 as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard L. Neuberger and served from March 16, 1960, to November 8, 1960. He was not a candidate for election to a full term and returned to Oregon Supreme Court as a justice "pro tempore" in 1961, serving until 1968.

Later life and family

After leaving the court he engaged in the revision of Oregon Supreme Court procedures as justice "emeritus" and resided in Beaverton until his death there in 1983, at the age of 99. Interment was at Mt. Calvary Chapel, Portland.

Lusk’s parents were Charles S. and Florence Speake Lusk. On September 30 1914 he married Catherine Emmons. [Schwarz, J.C. "Who's Who in Law". 1937.]

References

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