Wyoming Supreme Court 1921-1962

Fred Heinrich Blume was born in Audubon, Iowa on January 9, 1875. He practiced law in Iowa from 1899 to 1904, when he moved to Sheridan, Wyoming. In addition to his legal practice, he was a city attorney, a state representative and a state senator. Governor Robert D. Carey appointed him Justice of the Supreme Court on April 23, 1921 to fill the vacancy of Judge Charles Blydenburgh. He was elected to the same position in 1922 and re-elected in succeeding years until his retirement on January 1, 1963. Blume died in Cheyenne on September 26, 1971.

Additional Resources

•  Justice Fred H. Blume papers, H89-28, Wyoming State Archives. (accessed September 2015)
•  "Fred H. Blume," Wikipedia.org (accessed September 2015)
• "Justice Fred Blume and the Translation of Justinian's Code," by Timothy G. Kearley (accessed 2015 on Univeristy of Wyoming Law Library site)
•  "Journey for the Pole: The Life and Times of Fred H. Blume, Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court (pts. 1–2)". by Michael Golden, Land and Water Law Review 28 (1993)(195, 202, 511)
•  "About Fred H. Blume and the Annotated Justinian Code", Annotated Justinian Code, University of Wyoming Law Library. (accessed September 2015)
•  "Writings By and About Justice Blume", University of Wyoming Law Library. (accessed September 2015)