Draft:James W. Mehaffy

James W. Mehaffy (YEAR – November 20, 1926) was an Arkansas attorney. He was elected to the Supreme Court of Arkansas in 1926, for a term beginning in 1927, but was killed in a car accident before assuming office.

Mehaffy was a noted attorney, and prevailed over a field of nine candidates for the Democratic Democratic nomination for the seat, and ran unopposed in the general election.

Mehaffy died when he apparently lost control of the roadster he was driving and crashed into a telegraph pole. He was alone in the vehicle.

Following his death, his father, also a well-known attorney, was named to the seat to which the son had been elected, serving thereafter for sixteen years.