J. F. Sharp

J. F. Sharp
Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
In office
January 11, 1915  1919
Preceded byCharles M. Thacker
Succeeded byFrank M. Bailey
Oklahoma Supreme Court Commissioner
In office
September 11, 1911  January 11, 1915
Appointed byOklahoma Supreme Court
Personal details
Born
James Fletcher Sharp

March 2, 1865
Adams County, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMarch 9, 1927
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.

James Fletcher Sharp (1865-1927) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. He was born on a farm on March 2, 1865, in Adams County, Illinois to James and Permelia Jane (née Bates) Sharp. He was the first of four boys in the family and one of two who survived to adulthood. Although he grew up on a farm, he got his primary education in public schools. Then he spent four years at Craddock College in Quincy, Illinois. He then enrolled in Missouri State University where he earned an LL.B. in 1889. He was promptly admitted to practice in Howard County, Missouri.