Robert T. Price

'''Robert T. Price''' (June 7, 1903 – July 24, 1982)<ref name="lawrence-journal-world-jul-26-1982">{{cite web |title=Lawrence Journal World Archives, Jul 26, 1982, p. 7 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/lawrence-journal-world-jul-26-1982-p-7/ |website=NewspaperArchive.com |accessdate=10 May 2020 |language=en |date=26 July 1982}}</ref><ref>"Former State High Court Chief Justice Dead at 79", ''The Salina Journal'' (July 26, 1982), p. 7.</ref> was a justice of the [[Kansas Supreme Court]] from November 30, 1948, to May 1, 1966, and chief justice from May 1, 1966, to September 1, 1971. He filled the position of Justice of the Supreme Court No. 7 as the republican nominatee.<ref name="chanute-tribune-jul-19-1956">{{cite web |title=Chanute Tribune Newspaper Archives, Jul 19, 1956, p. 11 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/chanute-tribune-jul-19-1956-p-11/ |website=NewspaperArchive.com |accessdate=10 May 2020 |language=en |date=19 July 1956}}</ref> He succeed [[Jay S. Parker]] who stepped down after 23 years as chief justice in May 1966.<ref name="arkansas-city-traveler-may-10-1966">{{cite web |title=Arkansas City Traveler Archives, May 10, 1966, p. 8 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/arkansas-city-traveler-may-10-1966-p-8/ |website=NewspaperArchive.com |accessdate=10 May 2020 |language=en |date=10 May 1966}}</ref> When he retired [[Perry L. Owsley]], a Democrat was appointed to fill the court position with [[Harold R. Fatzer]] appointed as the new chief justice.<ref name="emporia-gazette-sep-24-1971">{{cite web |title=Emporia Gazette Newspaper Archives, Sep 24, 1971, p. 1 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/emporia-gazette-sep-24-1971-p-1/ |website=NewspaperArchive.com |accessdate=10 May 2020 |language=en |date=24 September 1971}}</ref>

Price was born in [[Shawnee County, Kansas]] and was graduated from the [[University of Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/shawnee-county-kansas/15343|title=Shawnee County, Kansas|publisher=Kansas State Historical Society|access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="lawrence-journal-world-jul-26-1982" /> He served in the navy in World War II, and spent 6 months as a prosecutor in the Japanese war trials.<ref name="arkansas-city-traveler-may-10-1966" />

==Career== In 1948, Price ran for a seat on the Kansas Supreme Court. In August of that year Price pulled well ahead of three other candidates for the Republican primary nomination for the seat.<ref>"Primary In State Goes As Expected", ''Council Grove Republican'' (August 4, 1948), p. 1.</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{succession box |title=[[List of justices of the Kansas Supreme Court|Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court]] |before=[[Jay S. Parker]] |after=[[Harold R. Fatzer]] |years=1966–1971}} {{succession box |title=[[List of justices of the Kansas Supreme Court|Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court]] |before=[[Austin M. Cowan]] |after=[[Alex M. Fromme]] |years=1948–1966}} {{s-end}}

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