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→Judicial tenure
In 1926, Drew was elected judge of the 2nd Judicial District, soon renamed the 26th District, covering Bossier and Webster parishes.<ref>List of Judges of Webster Parish, ''Webster Parish Centennial Booklet, 1971.''</ref> Drew served three years on the lower court. He was elected in 1928 to the circuit court, on which he served for two six-year terms from 1930 to 1942. More than a year passed from his election to this court to his taking of the office.<ref>"Judge Harmon C. Drew Submits Unconditional Resignation to Governor Long,", ''Minden Signal-Tribune,'' September 11, 1929, p. 1.</ref>
In 1926, Drew was elected judge of the 2nd Judicial District, soon renamed the 26th District, covering Bossier and Webster parishes.<ref>List of Judges of Webster Parish, ''Webster Parish Centennial Booklet, 1971.''</ref> Drew served three years on the lower court. He was elected in 1928 to the circuit court, on which he served for two six-year terms from 1930 to 1942. More than a year passed from his election to this court to his taking of the office.<ref>"Judge Harmon C. Drew Submits Unconditional Resignation to Governor Long,", ''Minden Signal-Tribune,'' September 11, 1929, p. 1.</ref>
==Political squabbles==
==Political squabbles==
"Judge Drew was moved by a jealousy of the law. To him, law was the pillar of fire by night and smoke by day, ever leading him onward to the fulness of law, maturing in justice."<ref name=hcdrew/>
"Judge Drew was moved by a jealousy of the law. To him, law was the pillar of fire by night and smoke by day, ever leading him onward to the fulness of law, maturing in justice."<ref name=hcdrew/>
==References==
==References==
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