W. Joe Pack

W. Joe Pack (1875 – November 13, 1939)[1] was a Mississippi lawyer and judge who served on the Supreme Court of Mississippi in 1928.[2]

Born in Lauderdale County, Mississippi,[1] Pack read law to gain admission to the bar.[2] He worked in private practice in Laurel, Mississippi, and served as a county attorney.[1]

In January 1928, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice John Burt Holden died, and that same month Governor Dennis Murphree appointed Pack to the seat.[2] Pack ran for the seat in a special election later that year, and won the first round of primary election voting on August 21, 1928, but was defeated in the run-off election on September 11, 1928, by Chancellor Virgil A. Griffith.[2] The following year, Pack was elected as a state circuit judge for Jones County, Perry County, and Forrest County.[1][2]

Pack died from a sudden stroke during the first year of his third term on the circuit court.[1]

References
  1. "Pack Suffers Fatal Stroke", Jackson Clarion-Ledger (November 14, 1939), p. 1.
  2. Leslie Southwick, Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996, 18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998).
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