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'''Robert Stephen Ellis, Jr.''' (September 29, 1899 – May 19, 1966), was a [[lawyer]], district attorney, and [[judge]] from Tangipahoa Parish, [[Louisiana]]. Descended from a prominent family, his father, [[Robert Ellis, Sr.]] (1871-1945); grandfather, Thomas Cargill Warner Ellis, and his great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, and great-uncle were also judges. His father-in-law, Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Sr., was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 6th congressional district, and his brother-in-law, Bolivar Kemp, Jr., was a state attorney general.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site22.php|title="Ellis, Robert Stephen, Jr.", ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 26, 2017}}</ref>
'''Robert Stephen Ellis, Jr.''' (September 29, 1899 – May 19, 1966), was a [[lawyer]], district attorney, and [[judge]] from Tangipahoa Parish, [[Louisiana]]. Descended from a prominent family, his father, [[Robert Ellis, Sr.]] (1871-1945); grandfather, Thomas Cargill Warner Ellis, and his great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, and great-uncle were also judges. His father-in-law, Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Sr. (1871-1993), was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 6th congressional district, and his brother-in-law, Bolivar Kemp, Jr. (1904-1965), was a state attorney general.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site22.php|title="Ellis, Robert Stephen, Jr.", ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 26, 2017}}</ref>
Born near Amite, the seat of government for Tangipahoa Parish, Ellis graduated from [[Tulane University]] and then in 1924 from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Ellis practiced law in St. Tammany, St. Helena, and Livingston parishes as well as his native Tangipahoa before assumption of the DA's office and then judgeship of the 21st Judicial District, on which he served until 1948, when he was elevated to the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the First District,<ref name=bio/> which currently encompasses sixteen parishes in southeastern Louisiana and based in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.la-fcca.org/|title=Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit|publisher=La.feca.org|accessdate=September 26, 2017}}</ref>
Born near Amite, the seat of government for Tangipahoa Parish, Ellis graduated from [[Tulane University]] and then in 1924 from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Ellis practiced law in St. Tammany, St. Helena, and Livingston parishes as well as his native Tangipahoa before assumption of the DA's office and then judgeship of the 21st Judicial District, on which he served until 1948, when he was elevated to the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the First District,<ref name=bio/> which currently encompasses sixteen parishes in southeastern Louisiana and based in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.la-fcca.org/|title=Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit|publisher=La.feca.org|accessdate=September 26, 2017}}</ref>