# Philip Lutz Jr.

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{{Short description|American lawyer and politician (1888–1947)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
 | honorific_prefix = 
 | name        = Philip Lutz Jr.
 | honorific_suffix = 
 | image       = 
 | alt         = 
 | caption     = 
 | office      = 27th [Indiana Attorney General](/source/Indiana_Attorney_General)
 | term_start  = January 1, 1933
 | term_end    = January 1, 1937
 | governor    = [Harry G. Leslie](/source/Harry_G._Leslie), [Paul V. McNutt](/source/Paul_V._McNutt)
 | appointer  = 
 | predecessor = [James M. Ogden](/source/James_M._Ogden)
 | successor   = [Omer Stokes Jackson](/source/Omer_Stokes_Jackson)
 | alma_mater  = [Indiana University Bloomington](/source/Indiana_University_Bloomington)
}}

'''Philip C. Lutz Jr.''' (August 28, 1888 – May 22, 1947) was an [American](/source/United_States_of_America) [lawyer](/source/lawyer) and [politician](/source/politician) who served as the twenty-seventh [Indiana Attorney General](/source/Indiana_Attorney_General) from January 1, 1933, to January 1, 1937.<ref>{{cite web |title=Attorneys General of Indiana |url=https://www.in.gov/library/collections-and-services/reference/attorneys-general-of-indiana/ |website=Indiana State Library}}</ref><ref name="Cottman">{{cite web |last1=Cottman |first1=George S. |title=Centennial history and handbook of Indiana. |url=https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inauthors/view?docId=VAB9592;chunk.id=d1e20490;toc.depth=1;toc.id=;brand=ia-books;doc.view=0;query=&hit.rank= |website=Indiana University}}</ref><ref name="Lincoln">{{cite book |title=Indiana Cities & Towns |date=1925 |publisher=Lincoln Financial Foundation |url=https://archive.org/details/indianacitiestowlinc}}</ref><ref name="Logansport">{{cite news |title=Former High State Official Succumbs |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/logansport/logansport-press/1947/05-23/page-2/ |agency=Logansport Press |date=23 May 1947}}</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life and education===
Lutz was born in [Boonville](/source/Boonville%2C_Indiana), [Indiana](/source/Indiana).<ref name="Cottman"/>

Lutz attended [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University_Bloomington) in [Bloomington](/source/Bloomington%2C_Indiana), receiving both his [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) and his [LL.B.](/source/LL.B.) from the school. In addition to his legal career, Lutz ran a [peony](/source/peony) farm in Boonville.<ref name="Cottman"/><ref name="Logansport"/><ref name="Alum">{{cite journal |title=Indiana University Alumni Quarterly |date=1916 |volume=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9okmAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>

===Political career===
Lutz, a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), served as a clerk of the [Indiana General Assembly](/source/Indiana_General_Assembly) in the 1911 and 1913 legislative sessions. In 1915, he served as a member of the [Indiana House of Representatives](/source/Indiana_House_of_Representatives), representing [Warrick County](/source/Warrick_County%2C_Indiana). In 1916, Lutz became [juvenile judge](/source/Juvenile_court) of Warrick County.<ref name="Cottman"/><ref name="Alum"/>

In 1932, Lutz was elected to succeed [James M. Ogden](/source/James_M._Ogden) as [Indiana Attorney General](/source/Indiana_Attorney_General). He served his term in the administration of Democratic [Governor](/source/Governor_of_Indiana) [Paul V. McNutt](/source/Paul_V._McNutt). In 1934, Lutz was involved with the [extradition](/source/extradition) of [John Dillinger](/source/John_Dillinger) from [Tucson](/source/Tucson%2C_Arizona), [Arizona](/source/Arizona) back to Indiana. Dillinger would be placed in [Lake County](/source/Lake_County%2C_Indiana) Jail in [Crown Point](/source/Crown_Point%2C_Indiana), but would later escape and die months later in a shootout in [Chicago](/source/Chicago). Lutz successfully defended a law that [fixed](/source/Price_controls) the price of milk before the [U.S. Supreme Court](/source/United_States_Supreme_Court) following a legal challenge by the [Kroger Grocery & Baking Company](/source/Kroger) in 1936. Lutz also issued a number of opinions related to Indiana [medical law](/source/medical_law), setting limits on who can practice [podiatry](/source/podiatry) in the state of Indiana and deciding that [mental asylum](/source/mental_asylum) officials could perform sexual [sterilizations](/source/Sterilization_(medicine)) with a court order. Lutz also issued an unofficial opinion stating that [township trustees](/source/Indiana_township_trustee) were still responsible for temporary medical care of those in poverty, even as Governor McNutt was reforming welfare in the state in the era of the [New Deal](/source/New_Deal). Lutz was succeeded to the office by [Omer Stokes Jackson](/source/Omer_Stokes_Jackson).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Girardin |first1=George Russell |title=Dillinger: The Untold Story |date=2004 |publisher=Indiana University Press |page=345 |isbn=0253216338 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1rFmxkYxaQC&q=%22Philip+Lutz%22+%22Indiana%22+%22Attorney+General%22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Journal of the Indiana State Medical Association |date=1936 |publisher=Indiana State Medical Association |url=https://archive.org/details/journalofindiana2911indi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=October Term, 1936 |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/journals/scannedjournals/1936_journal.pdf |website=Supreme Court of the United States}}</ref>

===Personal life and death===
Lutz was involved with the erection and dedication of a historical marker in Boonville, commemorating [Abraham Lincoln](/source/Abraham_Lincoln)’s connection to the town. On [July 4th](/source/Independence_Day_(United_States)), 1935, Lutz gave a [patriotic](/source/patriotism) address in [Rockport](/source/Rockport%2C_Indiana) at the dedication ceremony of the [Lincoln Pioneer Village](/source/Lincoln_Pioneer_Village).<ref name="Lincoln"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ehrmann |first1=Bess |title=The missing chapter in the life of Abraham Lincoln; a number of articles, episodes, photographs, pen and ink sketches concerning the life of Abraham Lincoln in Spencer County, Indiana, between 1816-1830 and 1844 |date=1938 |publisher=University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |url=https://archive.org/details/missingchapterin00ehrm}}</ref>

Lutz died of a [heart attack](/source/heart_attack) in 1947.<ref name="Logansport"/>

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