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Edward Harris Drew (October 28, 1903–February 9, 1978) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida from August 18, 1952 to January 5, 1971, including two periods as Chief Justice.

Born in Fargo, Georgia,^[1][2] Drew was educated in the public schools of Florida,^[3] and received an LL.B. from Stetson University in 1923.^[2][3] That year, Drew entered the practice of law in Palm Beach County, including beginning lengthy service as an attorney for the Town of Palm Beach.^[3] On June 10, 1927, Drew married Edith Turner of Cleaton, Kentucky,^[4] with whom he had one daughter, Melanie.^[3]

While maintaining his private practice, Drew was active in governmental affairs, serving as a member of the State Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission,^[3][5] member and secretary of the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Port of Palm Beach,^[5] and a member of the committee whose work resulted in the continuous statutory revision system which became effective in 1941.^[3] Drew also served as president of the Stetson University Alumni Association.^[2] In addition to continually serving as an attorney for the Town of Palm Beach, he was also an attorney for Jupiter Inlet District and Everglades Drainage District.^[5] He also served as president of the Florida Bar Association, and on the committee that drafted the constitution and by-laws for its successor, The Florida Bar. Following this succession, he chaired the newly formed Committee on Judicial Administration of The Florida Bar.^[5]

When Florida Supreme Court Justice Roy H. Chapman died suddenly in 1952, a state bar poll named Drew as one of the most qualified attorneys for consideration for the seat,^[4][3] and Governor Fuller Warren subsequently appointed Drew to the court.^[6][1][3] Drew was elected to the seat in his own right six months later.^[6] and continued to be reelected thereafter. Drew served as Chief Justice from May 6, 1955 to January 8, 1957, and again from July 1, 1963 to July 1, 1965.^[1]

In 1957, Drew was the sole Justice dissenting from a decision of the Florida Supreme Court to deny Virgil D. Hawkins admission to the University of Florida Law School on the basis that Hawkins was black.^[7]

Drew died in Tallahassee, Florida.^[1]

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• The Mouse That Jack Built (cartoon)
• The Mouse That Roared (TV pilot)
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