Conway Elder (1880 – December 10, 1957) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1921 to 1922.
In 1920, he was elected to a two-year term on the state supreme court,[1][2] but was defeated by Democrat William T. Ragland in his bid for reelection in 1922.
[3] In 1924, the Supreme Court of the United States appointed Elder to serve as a special commissioner to resolve a boundary line dispute in the case of Michigan v. Wisconsin,[1] which was ultimately decided in 1926.
[4] Following this service, Elder returned to the private practice of law until several years before his death.
[1] Elder died at St. Louis County Hospital at the age of 77.