# Floyd Draper

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**Floyd S. Draper** (October 17, 1893 – March 20, 1980) was a justice of the [Indiana Supreme Court](/source/Indiana_Supreme_Court) from January 2, 1951, to January 10, 1955.

Born in [Fulton, New York](/source/Fulton,_Oswego_County,_New_York), Draper graduated from high school in [Watertown, New York](/source/Watertown_(city),_New_York),[1] and received his law degree from the [Valparaiso University School of Law](/source/Valparaiso_University_School_of_Law) in 1915.[1][2][3] Draper became chief deputy prosecutor for [Lake County, Indiana](/source/Lake_County,_Indiana) in 1923.[2]

He became city attorney of [Gary, Indiana](/source/Gary,_Indiana) in 1939, and in 1942 was elected to a seat on the Indiana Court of Appeals.[2] He was re-elected in 1946, serving for eight years in total before his election to the Indiana Supreme Court.[4] Draper was elected to the Indiana Supreme Court in 1950, taking office on January 2, 1951.[2] [Richard M. Givan](/source/Richard_M._Givan), later Chief Justice of the court, was a law clerk for Draper.[4] Givan remembered Draper as being "on the conservative side" among the judges, particularly in taking "a harder line with criminals".[4]

Draper resigned from the court on January 10, 1955,[2] a year before the expiration of his term, because of the poor health of his brother, Alfred P. Draper, also an attorney.[2] In July 1955, Alfred died in a fall from a sixth-floor window in Gary, Indiana.[5] Draper retired from legal practice in 1958,[2] moving to Florida in his retirement.[4]

In 1959, Draper returned to Indiana for one year to serve as the presiding judge of the Lake County Criminal Court, appointed to that position by Governor [Harold W. Handley](/source/Harold_W._Handley) following the death of judge William J. Murray.[1][2]

Draper died in [Bradenton, Florida](/source/Bradenton,_Florida).[2]

## References

1. "Draper Named Criminal Judge", (December 30, 1959), p. A-1.

1. Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt, "[Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices](https://www.in.gov/judiciary/supreme/files/browning.pdf)", *[Indiana Law Review](/source/Indiana_Law_Review)*, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced in [Indiana Courts Justice Biographies page](http://www.in.gov/judiciary/appeals/2405)[dead link].

1. "Judge Floyd S. Draper", *[The Times of Northwest Indiana](/source/The_Times_of_Northwest_Indiana)* (March 24, 1980), p. B-8.

1. "Retired State Justice Floyd S. Draper, 86, Dies", *[The Star Press](/source/The_Star_Press)* (March 22, 1980), p. A-5.

1. "[Noted Gary Lawyer is Killed in Fall](https://newspaperarchive.com/logansport-pharos-tribune-jul-28-1955-p-1/)", *Pharos Tribune* (July 28, 1955), p. 1.

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