# James Latimer Price

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**James Latimer Price** (March 27, 1840 – March 11, 1912) was a [Republican](/source/United_States_Republican_Party) politician in the [U.S. State](/source/U.S._State) of [Ohio](/source/Ohio) who was a judge on the [Ohio Supreme Court](/source/Ohio_Supreme_Court) from 1902 to 1912.

## Biography

James Latimer Price was born near the village of [New Hagerstown](/source/New_Hagerstown,_Ohio), [Orange Township](/source/Orange_Township,_Carroll_County,_Ohio), [Carroll County](/source/Carroll_County,_Ohio), [Ohio](/source/Ohio) on March 27, 1840.[1] He lived on a farm and attended public schools. He taught one term in [Harrison County](/source/Harrison_County,_Ohio) near [Adena](/source/Adena,_Ohio), and a term at New Hagerstown. He then studied law at the office of [Eckley](/source/Ephraim_R._Eckley) and Shober in [Carrollton, Ohio](/source/Carrollton,_Ohio).[2]

Price was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) at [Cadiz](/source/Cadiz,_Ohio), and opened an office in Carrollton, where he practiced until the spring of 1865. He was elected and served one term as Prosecuting Attorney of Carroll County, and then moved to [Van Wert](/source/Van_Wert,_Ohio), where he formed a partnership with Judge I.D. Clark which lasted about two years. In 1868, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of [Van Wert County](/source/Van_Wert_County,_Ohio) and served three terms. He acquired a large practice, and decided to remove to the thriving city of [Lima](/source/Lima,_Ohio) in 1883.[2]

In 1894, the Republicans nominated Price for Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit. He won in a heavily Democratic district, and served six years. In 1901, he was elected to the Ohio Supreme Court, and was seated February 9, 1902.[2] He was re-elected in 1908.[3] He served until March 11, 1912.[4] He died on that date in [Martinsville, Indiana](/source/Martinsville,_Indiana) at a sanitarium where he went to recover from illness. His funeral and burial were at Lima.[1]

Price married Martha Guiney on January 1, 1862, and had two children. Martha and one child died in August 1866. He married Elizabeth Marshall on March 8, 1868. Her two children died in infancy.[1]

## See also

[List of justices of the Ohio Supreme Court#1893 to 1912](/source/List_of_justices_of_the_Ohio_Supreme_Court#1893_to_1912)

## References

1. [The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System – James Latimer Price](http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/formerjustices/bios/price.asp)

1. [*The biographical annals of Ohio 1906-1907-1908 : A handbook of the Government and Institutions of the State of Ohio*](https://books.google.com/books?id=V-clAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA673). State of Ohio. 1898. p. 673.

1. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). [*Ohio election statistics*](https://archive.org/details/ohioelectionsta01statgoog) page 420 of pdf file

1. [Justices of the Supreme Court of Ohio](http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/formerjustices/default.asp). State of Ohio

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