Justice Byron Kosciusko Elliott
(Thirtieth Justice)

Justice Elliott was born on September 4, 1835, in Butler County, Ohio, and died November 19, 1913, in Indianapolis.¹⁸⁰

He came to Indianapolis in 1850 with his father.¹⁸¹ He attended the Marion County Seminary and then studied law and was admitted to the bar in February 1858.¹⁸²

In May 1859, he was elected city attorney of Indianapolis.¹⁸³ The Civil War caused him to leave office and serve as a captain of the 132nd Indiana Volunteers, subsequently rising to the rank of an adjutant-general.¹⁸⁴ After the war he resumed serving as city attorney.¹⁸⁵ In 1870, Elliott was elected judge of the Marion County Criminal Court.¹⁸⁶ In 1872, he was re-elected to the city attorney post, and in 1876 he was elected to the superior court.¹⁸⁷ In 1880, he was elected to the supreme court and served from January 3, 1881 until January 2, 1893.¹⁸⁸

He was a lecturer in the Central Law School of Indianapolis and at the law schools of DePauw University and Northwestern Christian (now Butler) University.¹⁸⁹ He later became president of the Indiana Law School of Indianapolis.¹⁹⁰ Along with his son, he wrote The Work of the Advocate, General Practice and Appellate Procedure.¹⁹¹ He also practiced law with his son after his service on the bench.¹⁹²

Source: Browning, Minde C., Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt. "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices." Indiana Law Review: Vol. 30, No. 1, 1997. View this source in PDF format.