Luere B. Deasy (February 8, 1859 – March 1940) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from Maine. Deasy, a Republican from Bar Harbor, served two terms in the Maine Senate (1907-1910), including one as Senate President (1909-1910).[1] He was appointed by Governor Carl Milliken as a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to a seat vacated by the resignation of George E. Bird,[2] serving thereafter from September 25, 1918, to February 7, 1930.

From Volume 4 (1919) of Maine: A History

Deasy was originally from Gouldsboro, Maine and graduated from Eastern State Normal School in Castine, Maine and Boston University School of Law. In religion he was a Unitarian. As a practicing lawyer starting in 1886, Deasy was noted for his persuasiveness.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Legislators Biographical Search". Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Makes Over Whole Supreme Court", The Bangor Daily News (September 21, 1918), p. 2.
  3. ^ "Luere B. Deasy, Bar Harbor, ca. 1909". Maine Historical Society. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
1918–1930
Succeeded by