Fred H. Blume
Fred H. Blume | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of Wyoming | |
| In office 1927–1931 | |
| In office 1937–1939 | |
| In office 1945–1947 | |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming | |
| In office 1921–1963 | |
| Appointed by | Robert D. Carey |
| Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives | |
| In office 1907–1909 | |
| Member of the Wyoming Senate | |
| In office 1909–1913 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 9, 1875 Winzlar, Germany |
| Died | September 26, 1971 (aged 96) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | State University of Iowa |
Fred Heinrich Blume (/bluːm/; January 9, 1875 – September 26, 1971), or Fred H. Blume, as he referred to himself, was a German-born American attorney and judge. He served as a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court for 42 years, from 1922 to 1963, and by himself translated from Latin into English the Codex Justinianus and the Novels (or Novellae Constitutiones), two parts of the Corpus Juris Civilis.