Louis S. Epes

Louis S. Epes
Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
In office November 20, 1929 – February 14, 1935
Preceded by	Jesse F. West
Succeeded by	John W. Eggleston
Member of the Virginia State Corporation Commission
In office November 16, 1925 – November 16, 1929
Preceded by	William F. Rhea
Succeeded by	George C. Peery
Member of the Virginia Senate from the 9th district
In office January 9, 1924 – November 1925
Preceded by	F. Percy Loth
Succeeded by	Edwin L. Kendig
Member of the Virginia Senate from the 28th district
In office January 14, 1920 – January 9, 1924
Preceded by	George E. Allen
Succeeded by	W. Worth Smith, Jr.
Personal details
Born	Louis Spencer Epes (1882-01-12)January 12, 1882 Prince William, Virginia, U.S.
Died	February 14, 1935(1935-02-14) (aged 53) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Spouse	Julia Pegram Bagley
Alma mater	Hampden-Sydney College Washington & Lee University

Louis Spencer Epes (January 12, 1882 – February 14, 1935) was an American lawyer, judge and politician. He served as a member of the Senate of Virginia and was appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Epes was born in Prince William County, Virginia. He was educated in public schools in Nottoway and at Hoge Military Academy in Blackstone before he entered Hampden-Sydney College in 1898. After graduating in 1901, he taught at Homer Military Academy in Oxford, North Carolina (1901-1903); West Kentucky College, Mayfield, Kentucky (1903-1904), and conducted a private collegiate preparatory school in Helena, Arkansas (1904-1906). In 1906, he entered Washington and Lee University’s Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1907 and received his law degree in 1908. During 1907-1908, he practiced law in Lexington while completing his law course.

In 1908, he entered the firm of Epes and Epes at Blackstone and he practiced there until being appointed to the Virginia State Corporation Commission in November 1925. From 1911 to 1918, he was Mayor of Blackstone, resigning in 1918 to enter the United States Army, from which he was honorably discharged on December 5, 1918. In 1919, he was elected to the Virginia State Senate from Nottoway, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, Cumberland and Amelia Counties and served two terms. Epes served on the State Corporation Commission from November 1925 to November 1929, when the governor appointed him to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. He remained on the bench until his death.

• Virginia State Bar Association Proceedings (1936), 171-175.

• Louis S. Epes at The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007
• Louis S. Epes at Find a Grave