Judge Julien Gunn, 70, of the Richmind City and Henrico County Circuit Courts, died unexpectedly Sunday morning at his home at 6317 Three Chopt Rd.
Judge Gunn collapsed at his front door as he was picking up the morning paper and was pronounced dead a short time later.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed last night pending arrival of his sons from New York City.
A son of the late Joseph M. and Elizabeth Daniel Gunn, was born on July 1, 1877 in Cumberland County.
He moved to Richmond early in childhood and attended local schools. He went to Richmond College and studied law at the University of Virginia.
In 1904, he entered the legal profession here and in 1907 was elected Commonwelath's attorney of Henrico County, an office he held for several years.
Judge Gunn, long prominent in State politics, was elected a member of the House of Delegates from Henrico County in 1913 and a year later he was elected to the State Senate.
He served in the State Senate until 1928 when he was appointed Judge of both Henrico County and Richmond City Circuit Courts, a position he held until the time of his death, having been returned to office several times.
President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 offered Judge Gunn the United States district attorneyship for the Eastern District of Virginia, but he declined in order to remain in the State Senate.
While Judge of the two courts he presided in many famous instigation, among them the Richmond-Henrico County annexation case in which he wrote the minority opinion in favor of the county, Judges A.D. Barksdale and Frederick Coleman held for Richmond, overriding Judge Gunn. He later declined to serve in the Richmond-Chesterfield County annexation proceeding.
Another important case of State wide interest in which Judge Gunn sat was the contested election in 1945 when Lieutenant Governor L. Preston Collins challenged the vote in Wise County which gave Charles R. Fenwick, of Arlington, a majority for that office.
Records of the election in Wise in the 1945 primary were brought before Judge Gunn and after a lengthy hearing he declared the entire Wise County vote illegal, thus throwing the election to Mr. Collins. A counter charge by Fenwick adherents of irregularities in the voting in Cumberland and Prince Edward Counties was dismissed by Judge Gunn.
The Wise County fraud case attracted considerable notoriety because of the closeness of the primary vote between Collins and Fenwick. The case was tried before Judge Gunn because the law requires that all State wide election contests shall be determined in Richmond Circuit Court.
He was a member of First Baptist church, a charter member of Northside Lodge, No. 292, AF&AM, a member of BPOE Lodge, No. 45, and a former member of the Country Club of Virginia and the old Westmoreland Club.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Louise Clarke Gunn, three sons, Julien Gunn Jr., a member of the Order of the Holy Cross in New York City, Arthur Clarke Gunn, of Syracuse N.Y., Oscar Berry Gunn, of New York, a sister, Mrs. W. Kirk Matthews, of Richmond. His youngest son Robert Lewis Gunn died in 1939.
Richmond Times Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia
February 2, 1948
Judge Gunn collapsed at his front door as he was picking up the morning paper and was pronounced dead a short time later.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed last night pending arrival of his sons from New York City.
A son of the late Joseph M. and Elizabeth Daniel Gunn, was born on July 1, 1877 in Cumberland County.
He moved to Richmond early in childhood and attended local schools. He went to Richmond College and studied law at the University of Virginia.
In 1904, he entered the legal profession here and in 1907 was elected Commonwelath's attorney of Henrico County, an office he held for several years.
Judge Gunn, long prominent in State politics, was elected a member of the House of Delegates from Henrico County in 1913 and a year later he was elected to the State Senate.
He served in the State Senate until 1928 when he was appointed Judge of both Henrico County and Richmond City Circuit Courts, a position he held until the time of his death, having been returned to office several times.
President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 offered Judge Gunn the United States district attorneyship for the Eastern District of Virginia, but he declined in order to remain in the State Senate.
While Judge of the two courts he presided in many famous instigation, among them the Richmond-Henrico County annexation case in which he wrote the minority opinion in favor of the county, Judges A.D. Barksdale and Frederick Coleman held for Richmond, overriding Judge Gunn. He later declined to serve in the Richmond-Chesterfield County annexation proceeding.
Another important case of State wide interest in which Judge Gunn sat was the contested election in 1945 when Lieutenant Governor L. Preston Collins challenged the vote in Wise County which gave Charles R. Fenwick, of Arlington, a majority for that office.
Records of the election in Wise in the 1945 primary were brought before Judge Gunn and after a lengthy hearing he declared the entire Wise County vote illegal, thus throwing the election to Mr. Collins. A counter charge by Fenwick adherents of irregularities in the voting in Cumberland and Prince Edward Counties was dismissed by Judge Gunn.
The Wise County fraud case attracted considerable notoriety because of the closeness of the primary vote between Collins and Fenwick. The case was tried before Judge Gunn because the law requires that all State wide election contests shall be determined in Richmond Circuit Court.
He was a member of First Baptist church, a charter member of Northside Lodge, No. 292, AF&AM, a member of BPOE Lodge, No. 45, and a former member of the Country Club of Virginia and the old Westmoreland Club.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Louise Clarke Gunn, three sons, Julien Gunn Jr., a member of the Order of the Holy Cross in New York City, Arthur Clarke Gunn, of Syracuse N.Y., Oscar Berry Gunn, of New York, a sister, Mrs. W. Kirk Matthews, of Richmond. His youngest son Robert Lewis Gunn died in 1939.
Richmond Times Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia
February 2, 1948
Judge Julien Gunn, 70, of the Richmind City and Henrico County Circuit Courts, died unexpectedly Sunday morning at his home at 6317 Three Chopt Rd.
Judge Gunn collapsed at his front door as he was picking up the morning paper and was pronounced dead a short time later.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed last night pending arrival of his sons from New York City.
A son of the late Joseph M. and Elizabeth Daniel Gunn, was born on July 1, 1877 in Cumberland County.
He moved to Richmond early in childhood and attended local schools. He went to Richmond College and studied law at the University of Virginia.
In 1904, he entered the legal profession here and in 1907 was elected Commonwelath's attorney of Henrico County, an office he held for several years.
Judge Gunn, long prominent in State politics, was elected a member of the House of Delegates from Henrico County in 1913 and a year later he was elected to the State Senate.
He served in the State Senate until 1928 when he was appointed Judge of both Henrico County and Richmond City Circuit Courts, a position he held until the time of his death, having been returned to office several times.
President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 offered Judge Gunn the United States district attorneyship for the Eastern District of Virginia, but he declined in order to remain in the State Senate.
While Judge of the two courts he presided in many famous instigation, among them the Richmond-Henrico County annexation case in which he wrote the minority opinion in favor of the county, Judges A.D. Barksdale and Frederick Coleman held for Richmond, overriding Judge Gunn. He later declined to serve in the Richmond-Chesterfield County annexation proceeding.
Another important case of State wide interest in which Judge Gunn sat was the contested election in 1945 when Lieutenant Governor L. Preston Collins challenged the vote in Wise County which gave Charles R. Fenwick, of Arlington, a majority for that office.
Records of the election in Wise in the 1945 primary were brought before Judge Gunn and after a lengthy hearing he declared the entire Wise County vote illegal, thus throwing the election to Mr. Collins. A counter charge by Fenwick adherents of irregularities in the voting in Cumberland and Prince Edward Counties was dismissed by Judge Gunn.
The Wise County fraud case attracted considerable notoriety because of the closeness of the primary vote between Collins and Fenwick. The case was tried before Judge Gunn because the law requires that all State wide election contests shall be determined in Richmond Circuit Court.
He was a member of First Baptist church, a charter member of Northside Lodge, No. 292, AF&AM, a member of BPOE Lodge, No. 45, and a former member of the Country Club of Virginia and the old Westmoreland Club.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Louise Clarke Gunn, three sons, Julien Gunn Jr., a member of the Order of the Holy Cross in New York City, Arthur Clarke Gunn, of Syracuse N.Y., Oscar Berry Gunn, of New York, a sister, Mrs. W. Kirk Matthews, of Richmond. His youngest son Robert Lewis Gunn died in 1939.
Richmond Times Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia
February 2, 1948
Judge Gunn collapsed at his front door as he was picking up the morning paper and was pronounced dead a short time later.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed last night pending arrival of his sons from New York City.
A son of the late Joseph M. and Elizabeth Daniel Gunn, was born on July 1, 1877 in Cumberland County.
He moved to Richmond early in childhood and attended local schools. He went to Richmond College and studied law at the University of Virginia.
In 1904, he entered the legal profession here and in 1907 was elected Commonwelath's attorney of Henrico County, an office he held for several years.
Judge Gunn, long prominent in State politics, was elected a member of the House of Delegates from Henrico County in 1913 and a year later he was elected to the State Senate.
He served in the State Senate until 1928 when he was appointed Judge of both Henrico County and Richmond City Circuit Courts, a position he held until the time of his death, having been returned to office several times.
President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 offered Judge Gunn the United States district attorneyship for the Eastern District of Virginia, but he declined in order to remain in the State Senate.
While Judge of the two courts he presided in many famous instigation, among them the Richmond-Henrico County annexation case in which he wrote the minority opinion in favor of the county, Judges A.D. Barksdale and Frederick Coleman held for Richmond, overriding Judge Gunn. He later declined to serve in the Richmond-Chesterfield County annexation proceeding.
Another important case of State wide interest in which Judge Gunn sat was the contested election in 1945 when Lieutenant Governor L. Preston Collins challenged the vote in Wise County which gave Charles R. Fenwick, of Arlington, a majority for that office.
Records of the election in Wise in the 1945 primary were brought before Judge Gunn and after a lengthy hearing he declared the entire Wise County vote illegal, thus throwing the election to Mr. Collins. A counter charge by Fenwick adherents of irregularities in the voting in Cumberland and Prince Edward Counties was dismissed by Judge Gunn.
The Wise County fraud case attracted considerable notoriety because of the closeness of the primary vote between Collins and Fenwick. The case was tried before Judge Gunn because the law requires that all State wide election contests shall be determined in Richmond Circuit Court.
He was a member of First Baptist church, a charter member of Northside Lodge, No. 292, AF&AM, a member of BPOE Lodge, No. 45, and a former member of the Country Club of Virginia and the old Westmoreland Club.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Louise Clarke Gunn, three sons, Julien Gunn Jr., a member of the Order of the Holy Cross in New York City, Arthur Clarke Gunn, of Syracuse N.Y., Oscar Berry Gunn, of New York, a sister, Mrs. W. Kirk Matthews, of Richmond. His youngest son Robert Lewis Gunn died in 1939.
Richmond Times Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia
February 2, 1948
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