Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Hewitt, Hon. Louis P. September 18, 1883 - 
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     HON. LOUIS P. HEWITT.  Multnomah county has been honored by the services 
of Louis P. Hewitt as lawyer and jurist, and as judge of department five of 
the circuit court he has added to his already well established reputation for 
learning, ripe judgment and high sense of justice. He was born on a farm near 
Lexington, Dawson county, Nebraska, on the 18th of September, 1883, and is a 
son of Thomas J. and Fanny A. (Rockwood) Hewitt. His father, who was a veteran 
of the Civil war, went to Nebraska in 1872 and took up a homestead, on which 
he engaged in farming during his remaining active years. He was also county 
clerk and practiced law during this time at Plumb Creek, the county seat of 
Dawson county. His death occurred in 1886. He was survived many years by his 
widow, who passed away in 1915.

     Louis P. Hewitt received his elementary education in the public schools 
and then entered the University of Nebraska, from which he was graduated with 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1904. He was graduated from the law school 
of Columbia University in 1907 and located in Denver, Colorado, where he was 
actively engaged in the practice of his profession for three years. In 1910 he 
came to Portland and devoted himself to the law with marked success, until 
1923, when he ascended the bench of the circuit court, in which capacity he is 
still serving. A man of keen and vigorous mentality, logical and analytical in 
his habits of thought, and entirely devoid of prejudice, he has shown 
exceptional qualifications as a judge, and commands the unqualified respect of 
all who know him.

     On September 1, 1910, Judge Hewitt was united in marriage to Miss Ethel 
Erford, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and they are the parents of a daughter, Evelyn. 
Judge Hewitt gives his political support to the republican party and is a 
member of Albert Pike Lodge, No. 162, A. F. & A. M., of which he is master; 
has taken the Scottish rite degrees, becoming a member of Oriental Consistory, 
No. 1; is a Noble of Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine, the Grotto, the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Woodmen of 
the World, the Royal Highlanders, the Royal Arcanum, the Progressive Business 
Men's Club and the Kiwanis Club, of which he is a charter member and was the 
second president. He maintains professional affiliation with the Multnomah 
County Bar Association, the Oregon State Bar Association and the American Bar 
Association, and is a director of the Benefit Savings and Loan Association. He 
and his wife are members of the Central Presbyterian church and the Mazamas, 
and Mrs. Hewitt belongs to the Association of University Women and the 
Rockwood Bible Club.  The Judge is a man of strong personality, though cordial 
and friendly in manner, and during the years of his residence in Portland has 
enjoyed a well deserved popularity among his associates and acquaintances, 
while his professional and judicial record has earned for him the uniform 
confidence of his fellowmen.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 529 - 530

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