[3] Starr left the prosecutor's office in 1931, and entered private practice.
[3] A Republican,[4] Starr ran unsuccessfully for an appellate court seat in 1934, and for the United States Senate in 1938.
[3] In 1944, he ran for a seat on the Supreme Court of Indiana, and succeeded as part of an election in which the Republican Party swept major offices throughout the state.
[2] As a Justice, Starr authored 124 opinions, including a noted opinion holding a Circuit Court Judge in contempt for the politically motivated appointment of a special prosecutor.
[3] Starr married Mary Helen Snyder on June 23, 1913, with whom he three sons and two daughters.