OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Judicial Departments Commissioners of Supreme Court page 140 LAURANCE MASTICK HYDE (Republican), Princeton. Was born at Princeton, Mo., February 2, 1892, the son of IRA B., and ELIZA T. MASTICK HYDE. His father was congressman from Missouri during President Grant's administration. He was educated in public schools of Princeton, and the University of Missouri, graduating in 1914 with A.B. degree, and in 1916, with LL.B. degree. During the World War, he served as Second Lieutenant in 338th Infantry, 85th Division, and as Judge Advocate, special training camp, Indianapolis, Ind., 1917-19. He was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1916 and to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1930. Practiced law in Princeton from 1916-1917 and 1919-1931; member of Princeton Board of Education, 1928-1931; President Farmers State Bank of Princeton, 1922-1931. He served as City Attorney of Princeton, 1916-17; Chairman of Mercer County Republican Committee, 1926, 1928, and 1930; Chairman of Third Congressional District Republican Committee, 1928 and 1930. Was appointed Supreme Court Commissioner in 1931, and reappointed in 1935 and 1939, each for a term of four years. In 1934, he was the Republican nominee for Judge of the Missouri Supreme Court, Division No. 2. On June 15, 1922, he married Miss FLORENCE FULLER at Princeton, Mo., and they have two children, FLORENCE FULLER HYDE, 15, and LAURANCE MASTIC HYDE, 11. He was elected Missouri delegate in the American Bar Association House of Delegates in 1938 for a three-year term, and also is a member of the Council of Section on Judicial Administration. Member of the American Academy of Political Science and of the American Law Institute. Is author of articles on practice and procedure published in legal periodicals and law reviews. Norma