Lloyd M. Kagey

He was born April 18, 1902[3] in Beloit, Kansas to Charles L. Kagey a former United States minister to Finland and his wife.[4]

He attended public school in Beloit,[5] before spending three years at the University of Kansas, then going on to Washburn University School of Law to obtain his law degree in 1927.[5] He passed the bar examination in July 1927.[1]

In 1940 Kagey had contracted polio and had been paralysed from the waist downwards requiring his to use a wheelchair.[6][5]

He began his career practising law in his home town of Beloit.[5]

Kagey was the Sedgwick County Assistant Attorney from 1941 until 1947.[6]

When Edward F. Arn resigned William J. Wertz was appointed to the court and Wertz filed for the next full term starting January 8, 1951.[6] However he failed to file for the remainder of the current term from the election until the start of the new term, Kagey did file and won the seat.[6] Wertz won the election for the new term so Kagey served just 35 days on the court.[6] This was an unusual oversight for Wertz as in 1948 he had been appointed as a District Judge in Sedgwick County but failed to file for the interim period from the election till the start of the new term, again Kagey did file and won.[6] In his short service he authored five of the courts opinions.[6]

In 1956 he ran as the Republican candidate for the 66th district.[7]

He died October, 1977 at the age of 75.[3] In 1979 his friends and associates set up the Justice Lloyd Kagey Leadership Award that would be presented annually to a graduating student who has shown effective leadership to the University of Kansas students.[8]

• Lloyd M. Kagey at Find a Grave