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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Richard Harmon Drew, Jr.
| name=Richard Harmon Drew, Jr.
| office=[[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] Ward 1 and City [[Judge]]
| office=[[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] Ward 1 and City [[Judge]]
| term_end2=1998
| term_end2=1998
| preceded2=[[Cecil C. Lowe]]
| preceded2=[[Cecil C. Lowe]]
| succeeded2=[[ John M. Robinson]]
| succeeded2=[[John M. Robinson]]
| office3=Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit]]
| office3=Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit
| term_start3=1998
| term_start3=1998
| term_end3=[[Incumbent]]
| term_end3=[[Incumbent]]
(1) A [[lawyer]] and [[judge]], Drew is also known throughout [[Louisiana]] for his Harmon Drew Band, which has performed sporadically for more than four decades.<br>
(1) A [[lawyer]] and [[judge]], Drew is also known throughout [[Louisiana]] for his Harmon Drew Band, which has performed sporadically for more than four decades.<br>
(2) Drew is descended from among the first inhabitants of Webster Parish. Most of his male family members have served as judges.
(2) Drew is descended from among the first inhabitants of Webster Parish. Most of his male family members have served as judges.
(3) Drew and his wife Jean operate as a legal team in his appellate court office in [[Shreveport]].
(3) Drew and his wife Jean operate as a legal team in his appellate court office in [[Shreveport]].
}}
}}
==Ancestry==
==Ancestry==
Drew is a native of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where he and his wife, the former Jean Talley, reside in the Drew ancestral home at 1002 Broadway Street. The home was built by the Minden businessman and later city council member William L. Life (1887–1972) and was acquired about 1915 by Drew's paternal grandfather]. Drew's father, Richard Harmon Drew, Sr., grandfather [[Harmon Caldwell Drew]], great-grandfather [[Richard Cleveland Drew]], and great-great-grandfather [[Richard Maxwell Drew]], all held judgeships in Minden and Webster or surrounding parishes. The Drew family, under its patriarch, Newett Drew, settled the Overton community in Webster Parish in 1818, prior to the establishment of either the parish or the city of Minden.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mindenmemories.org/Drew%20Family.htm|title=Drew Family|publisher=mindenmemories.org|accessdate=June 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Drew is a native of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where he and his wife, the former Jean Talley, reside in the Drew ancestral home at 1002 Broadway Street. The home was built by the Minden businessman and later city council member William L. Life (1887–1972) and was acquired about 1915 by Drew's paternal grandfather]. Drew's father, Richard Harmon Drew, Sr., grandfather [[Harmon Caldwell Drew]], great-grandfather [[Richard Cleveland Drew]], and great-great-grandfather [[Richard Maxwell Drew]], all held judgeships in Minden and Webster or surrounding parishes. The Drew family, under its patriarch, Newett Drew, settled the Overton community in Webster Parish in 1818, prior to the establishment of either the parish or the city of Minden.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mindenmemories.org/Drew%20Family.htm|title=Drew Family|publisher=mindenmemories.org|accessdate=June 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>
In 1952, while speeding through Minden, the [[singer]] Lefty Frizzell, originally from Corsicana in Navarro County, [[Texas]], crashed his [[Cadillac]] into the Drew home. Drew, Jr,. slept through the mishap, but he recalls that his father having always thought that Frizzell had a "bad attitude"."<ref>Judge Harmon Drew, Jr., to Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, Lyle newsletter, May 4, 2008.</ref>
In 1952, while speeding through Minden, the [[singer]] Lefty Frizzell, originally from Corsicana in Navarro County, [[Texas]], crashed his [[Cadillac]] into the Drew home. Drew, Jr,. slept through the mishap, but he recalls that his father having always thought that Frizzell had a "bad attitude"."<ref>Judge Harmon Drew, Jr., to Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, Lyle newsletter, May 4, 2008.</ref>
==Early years==
==Early years==
Since 1962, when he was a junior at [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]], Drew has performed with his own successful band, now known as the "Harmon Drew Super Group". Prior to his graduation in 1964 from MHS, Drew was an elected class officer for three years and the Student Council president in his senior year. He went to Boys' State leadership school in Baton Rouge in 1963 and was named the outstanding delegate from Webster, Bienville, and Claiborne parishes. He took accelerated classes in high school and was a member of the [[golf]] team.<ref>[[Minden (Louisiana) High School]] ''Grig'' yearbook, 1964.</ref>
Since 1962, when he was a junior at [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]], Drew has performed with his own successful band, now known as the "Harmon Drew Super Group". Prior to his graduation in 1964 from MHS, Drew was an elected class officer for three years and the Student Council president in his senior year. He went to Boys' State leadership school in Baton Rouge in 1963 and was named the outstanding delegate from Webster, Bienville, and Claiborne parishes. He took accelerated classes in high school and was a member of the [[golf]] team.<ref>[[Minden (Louisiana) High School]] ''Grig'' yearbook, 1964.</ref>
==The Drews as a team==
==The Drews as a team==
Like Harmon Drew, Sr., Harmon and Jean Drew are [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. In 1990, Mrs. Drew ran for the same judgeship that her husband now holds, but she was defeated by fellow Democrat Henry Newton Brown Jr., 48,935 (57 percent) to 36,217 (43 percent). Of the nine parishes in the district, Jean Drew won in Webster, Winn, and Lincoln parishes and lost Caldwell and Jackson parishes by fewer than one hundred votes each.
Like Harmon Drew, Sr., Harmon and Jean Drew are [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. In 1990, Mrs. Drew ran for the same judgeship that her husband now holds, but she was defeated by fellow Democrat Henry Newton Brown Jr., 48,935 (57 percent) to 36,217 (43 percent). Of the nine parishes in the district, Jean Drew won in Webster, Winn, and Lincoln parishes and lost Caldwell and Jackson parishes by fewer than one hundred votes each.
Harmon and Jean Drew teach the law of search and seizure and the criminal code to some three thousand peace officers each year. Two of their books are updated annually to explain amendments passed by the Louisiana legislature. Their ''True Blue Drew Book'' explains criminal law amendments in simple terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=www.drewlawbooks.com/|title=True Blue Drew Book|publisher=Drewlawbooks.com|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref> Several thousand copies are sold throughout the state.<ref name=blooddrive>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/local-law-enforcement-agencies-holding-blood-drives-in-honor-of-jean-harmon-drew/|author=Angela Thomas|title=Local Law Enforcement Agencies Holding Blood Drives in Honor of Jean & Harmon Drew|date= December 2, 2013|publisher=KEEL Radio|accessdate=December 2, 2013}}</ref>
Harmon and Jean Drew teach the law of search and seizure and the criminal code to some three thousand peace officers each year. Two of their books are updated annually to explain amendments passed by the Louisiana legislature. Their ''True Blue Drew Book'' explains criminal law amendments in simple terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=www.drewlawbooks.com/|title=True Blue Drew Book|publisher=Drewlawbooks.com|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref> Several thousand copies are sold throughout the state.<ref name=blooddrive>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/local-law-enforcement-agencies-holding-blood-drives-in-honor-of-jean-harmon-drew/|author=Angela Thomas|title=Local Law Enforcement Agencies Holding Blood Drives in Honor of Jean & Harmon Drew|date= December 2, 2013|publisher=KEEL Radio|accessdate=December 2, 2013}}</ref>
In 2008, Mrs. Drew required emergency abdominal surgery that saved her life but left her in need of repeated blood transfusions because of debilitating [[anemia]]. In December 2013, law enforcement personnel in northwest Louisiana held a blood drive because of Mrs. Drew's needs and to honor the couple for their teaching of the peace officers.<ref name=blooddrive/>
In 2008, Mrs. Drew required emergency abdominal surgery that saved her life but left her in need of repeated blood transfusions because of debilitating [[anemia]]. In December 2013, law enforcement personnel in northwest Louisiana held a blood drive because of Mrs. Drew's needs and to honor the couple for their teaching of the peace officers.<ref name=blooddrive/>
==Three judgeships==
==Three judgeships==
In 1984, Drew's father stepped down from a second nonconsecutive term as the Minden municipal court judge, a position created in 1928 and originally held by the senior Drew's uncle. Drew, Jr., was elected to a six-year term to succeed his father. He defeated a Minden friend and legal colleague, Democrat Paul Edward Kitchens (born 1945), for the position. Kitchens' brother, [[Graydon K. Kitchens, Jr.]], had held the city judge's post for two years prior to the tenure of R. Harmon Drew, Sr. Graydon K. Kitchens Sr., a law partner of Governor [[Robert F. Kennon]], a Minden native, was the interim DA from 1941 to 1942.<ref>List of District Attorneys of Webster Parish, ''Webster Parish Centennial Booklet, 1971.''</ref>
In 1984, Drew's father stepped down from a second nonconsecutive term as the Minden municipal court judge, a position created in 1928 and originally held by the senior Drew's uncle. Drew, Jr., was elected to a six-year term to succeed his father. He defeated a Minden friend and legal colleague, Democrat Paul Edward Kitchens (born 1945), for the position. Kitchens' brother, [[Graydon K. Kitchens, Jr.]], had held the city judge's post for two years prior to the tenure of R. Harmon Drew, Sr. Graydon K. Kitchens Sr., a law partner of Governor [[Robert F. Kennon]], a Minden native, was the interim DA from 1941 to 1942.<ref>List of District Attorneys of Webster Parish, ''Webster Parish Centennial Booklet, 1971.''</ref>
Margaret Martin summed up Drew this way: "Music is in his blood, but he is serious about his law career and proud that he is a fifth generation lawyer/judge."
Margaret Martin summed up Drew this way: "Music is in his blood, but he is serious about his law career and proud that he is a fifth generation lawyer/judge."
==References==
==References==