Viewing Douglas A. Hedin, "Judge Lloyd Barber (1826-1915)."Douglas A. Hedin, "Judge Lloyd Barber (1826-1915)."On July 6, 1864, Governor Stephen Miller appointed Third Judicial District Court Judge Thomas Wilson to the Minnesota Supreme Court. To fill the vacancy on the district court, the governor decided to wait until the Republican Party nominated a candidate at its judicial district convention later that summer and then appoint that man to the bench--in other words, he delegated his constitutional power of appointment to a majority of the delegates at the party's judicial convention. On August 31st Lloyd Barber, the Olmsted County Attorney, won the endorsement of the party by one vote, and on September 12, the governor appointed him to the district court. He defeated Chauncey Waterman, a Republican nominated by the Democrats, in November. He began his seven year term in January 1865.
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