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After graduation from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]], formerly the Minden Male Academy, Drew  attended from 1904 to 1910 [[Louisiana State University]] and its Paul M. Hebert Law Center in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He was affiliated with Kappa Sigma fraternity and the national honor society, Phi Kappa Phi.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' June 5, 1930, p. 1.</ref> He played [[football]] for the LSU Tigers<ref name=eulogize/> and was the starting left guard on the 1909 team.<ref>[[Louisiana State University]] Tigers, 1909 team roster.</ref> He participated in the first international game in [[Cuba]] against Havana University.<ref name=eulogize>"Eulogize Late Minden Judge in Court Today," ''Minden Press,'' March 4, 1957, p. 1.</ref>

After graduation from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]], formerly the Minden Male Academy, Drew  attended from 1904 to 1910 [[Louisiana State University]] and its Paul M. Hebert Law Center in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He was affiliated with Kappa Sigma fraternity and the national honor society, Phi Kappa Phi.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' June 5, 1930, p. 1.</ref> He played [[football]] for the LSU Tigers<ref name=eulogize/> and was the starting left guard on the 1909 team.<ref>[[Louisiana State University]] Tigers, 1909 team roster.</ref> He participated in the first international game in [[Cuba]] against Havana University.<ref name=eulogize>"Eulogize Late Minden Judge in Court Today," ''Minden Press,'' March 4, 1957, p. 1.</ref>

In 1913, Drew married the former Annie Lucile Grigsby (March 25, 1896 &ndash; August 10, 1974). The couple had two children, Richard Harmon Drew, Sr. an attorney, Minden city judge, and a state representative, and Katie Elizabeth Drew Carey (1915–1971), a Minden [[real estate]] representative, married to and later divorced from Harvey Locke Carey,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=June 4, 2011; under pay wall}}</ref><ref name=hcdrew>"Memorial Services for Judge H. Drew Conducted Thursday," ''Minden Herald,'' September 22, 1950, pp. 1-2.</ref> the short-term U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, also located in Shreveport, who in 1950 was appointed by [[U.S. President]] [[Harry Truman]] to succeed Malcolm Lafargue, who stepped down to run for the [[United States Senate]] against the then two-year incumbent [[Russell Long]], the  older of the two sons of [[Huey Long]].​<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103311402|title=[[Malcolm Lafargue|Malcolm E. Lafargue]], Former District Attorney, Dies – Succumbs in Sleep Here at Age 54; Services Saturday|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]''| via findagrave.com|date=March 28, 1963|pages=1-A, 4-A|accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref> In 1960, Carey was an unsuccessful candidate for a district judgeship in the Democratic primary, having lost to [[O. E. Price|Oscar Ewing Price]].<ref>"Humphrey, McClendon, Price Nominated," ''Minden Press,'' July 25, 1960, p. 1.</ref> Carey had also run unsuccessfully in 1948 against the Democratic [[U.S. Representative]] Thomas Overton Brooks for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.​

In 1913, Drew married the former Annie Lucile Grigsby (March 25, 1896 &ndash; August 10, 1974). The couple had two children, Richard Harmon Drew, Sr. an attorney, Minden city judge, and a state representative, and Katie Elizabeth Drew Carey (1915–1971), a Minden [[real estate]] representative, married to and later divorced from Harvey Locke Carey,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=June 4, 2011; under pay wall}}</ref><ref name=hcdrew>"Memorial Services for Judge H. Drew Conducted Thursday," ''Minden Herald,'' September 22, 1950, pp. 1-2.</ref> the short-term U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, also located in Shreveport, who in 1950 was appointed by [[U.S. President]] [[Harry Truman]] to succeed Malcolm Lafargue, who stepped down to run for the [[United States Senate]] against the then two-year incumbent [[Russell Long]], the  older of the two sons of [[Huey Long]].​<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103311402|title=[[Malcolm Lafargue|Malcolm E. Lafargue]], Former District Attorney, Dies – Succumbs in Sleep Here at Age 54; Services Saturday|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]''| via findagrave.com|date=March 28, 1963|pages=1-A, 4-A|accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref> In 1960, Carey was an unsuccessful candidate for a district judgeship in the Democratic primary, having lost to [[O. E. Price|Oscar Ewing Price]].<ref>"Humphrey, McClendon, Price Nominated," ''Minden Press,'' July 25, 1960, p. 1.</ref> Carey had also run unsuccessfully in 1948 against the Democratic [[U.S. Representative]] [[Thomas Overton Brooks]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.​

At first, Drew, a physically large man who commonly wore suspenders, practiced law in Minden with his father, whose circuit judgeship had ended in 1913.<ref name=hcdrew/>​

At first, Drew, a physically large man who commonly wore suspenders, practiced law in Minden with his father, whose circuit judgeship had ended in 1913.<ref name=hcdrew/>​