Viewing District Ct. Judges Category (25) found:Douglas A. Hedin, "Judicial District Conventions in Minnesota: An Introduction."Judicial district conventions were used by political parties to select candidates for district courts from 1858 to 1910, when the last partisan judicial election was held. This paper describes how the judicial district convention was organized and functioned, emphasizing the influence of lawyers an... Kermeth W. Northwick, "The Controversial Sherman Page" (1970).Judge Sherman Page (1833-1918) is recalled today because of his famous impeachment trial in 1878 in the Minnesota Senate, which acquitted him. A three volume transcript of those proceedings was published that year. But there is more to his life than this trial, and for additional biographical infor... "Memorials to Judges of the Sixth Judicial District" (1907).On November 13, 1907, Judge Lorin Cray presided over a special session of the District Court in Mankato to honor the seven judges who had served in the Sixth Judicial District since statehood: Lewis Branson, who served 1858 to 1864, Horace Austin, 1865 to 1869, M. G. Hanscome, in 1869, Franklin W. ... Charles E. Flandrau, "Judge Wescott Wilkin" (1889).Wescott Wilkin (1824-1894) served on the Second Judicial District Court from 1865 to 1891. A portrait of him by Charles E. Flandrau was published in the October 1889 issue of Magazine of Western History. It is posted here (it is easier to read if the type is enlarged). ... Douglas A. Hedin, "Judge Benjamin F. Webber (1833-1906)."Benjamin F. Webber served almost 24 years on the Ninth Judicial District Court, from 1883 through 1906. He was elected three times without opposition or party designation. He was listed on ballots in elections in 1888, 1894 and 1900 as a "non-partisan" candidate. In 1906 he announced his candidac... Douglas A. Hedin: "Judge Austin C. Woolfolk (1836-1880)."Austin Coleman Woolfolk, a civil war hero, was appointed judge of the Sixth Judicial District by Governor Cushman Davis to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Franklin Waite effective October 1, 1874. He served three months, holding one term of court in late December 1874 in Mankato... 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 tha... Douglas A. Hedin, "Judge Hial D. Baldwin (1827-1906)."Hial David Baldwin served eight months as Judge of the Ninth Judicial District in Minnesota. His appointment to the bench by Governor Hubbard on April 2, 1882, was greeted with withering criticism by newspapers throughout the district as well as by a skeptical bar, which preferred other lawyers for ... Judge Charles Bechhoefer (1864-1932).After arriving in St. Paul in 1885, Charles Bechhoeffer began an apprenticeship with the John B. and W. H. Sanborn firm. There he remained for about two years. He then opened his own practice, specializing in real estate, probate and tax law. In 1923, he was appointed to the bench of the Second J... Douglas A. Hedin: "Judge Lewis Cass Branson (1825-1905)."On October 13, 1857, thirty-two year-old Lewis Cass Branson was elected the first judge of the Sixth Judicial District, encompassing eight counties in southeastern Minnesota. He held that position from 1858 to 1865, surviving a four-year long quo warranto challenge by his opponent, Luther L. Baxt... John Harrison Brown (1824-1890)John H. Brown served as a judge in the Twelfth Judicial District from March 13, 1875, to his death on January 20, 1890. ... Charles E. Callaghan (1863-1926).In 1898, Charles Elwin Callaghan and George Granger formed a law firm that soon became one of the most successful in southwestern Minnesota. It dissolved in 1915, when Granger was appointed to the district court bench, a post he held only two years before resigning. Callaghan was then appointed to ... Frederick Miles Catlin (1859-1929).In 1884, after being admitted to the Pennsylvania bar, Frederick M. Catlin boarded a train for Seattle. But, while stopped in St. Paul for a change of cars, friends persuaded him to relocate there. He was admitted to the Minnesota bar that year. He served in the National Guard, and in the infant... Douglas A. Hedin: "Judge William H. Donahue (1858-1909)."William H. Donahue practiced law in Minneapolis from 1881 to January 6, 1909, when he was appointed to the Hennepin County District Court by Governor John Johnson. He took the oath of office on February 1, 1909, and set to work. But he suffered from cancer, and took a leave of absence in mid-April ... Ozro B. Gould (1841-1907).Except for a brief stint on the bench, Ozro B. Gould practiced law in Winona from 1867 to January 1907, when he died. For over seventeen of those years, from 1877 to 1895, he practiced in partnership with Arthur H. Snow.
Ralph J. Parker (1867-1922).Ralph Parker thrived on public service. He ran for office nine times and never lost an election. In November 1922, he was elected judge of the Tenth Judicial District, which covered Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore and Houston Counties. Shortly after the election, an illness recurred and he underwent an... William L. Parsons (1858-1939).William L. Parsons arrived in Fergus Falls in 1882 to practice law. He was twenty-fours years old and already a member of the New York bar. In 1886, he formed a partnership with James A. Brown, and their firm soon became one of the most prominent in the area. He served as a Federal Referee of Bankr... In Memoriam: Judge Eugene St. Julien Cox (1834-1898).Eugene St. Julien Cox served as a judge of the Ninth Judicial District from January 1877 to March 1882, when he was convicted by the Minnesota Senate of seven impeachable offenses and evicted from office.
Judge Jasper N. Searles (1840-1927).Jasper Newton Searles settled in Hastings, Minnesota in 1855, served in the Civil War, attended the University of Michigan Law School, returned to Hastings and began practicing law. He was county attorney and state legislator for one term. In 1872 he published a digest of the decisions of the Minn... Judge Arthur H. Snow (1841-1915)An obituary of Arthur H. Snow, who served as a district court judge in Winona County from 1897 to his death on May 14, 1915, was published the following day in "The Winona Independent."
Douglas A. Hedin: "Judge John Van Dyke (1805-1878)."In 1868, John Van Dyke moved with his family from New Brunswick, New Jersey, to Wabasha, Minnesota, to retire and benefit from its healthful, curative climate. He brought with him a sterling reputation for being a successful lawyer, respected judge and stalwart Republican. He had been mayor of his... Douglas A. Hedin, "Judge Levi M. Vilas (1844-1889)."In early February 1889 the 26th Legislature authorized two additional judgeships for the Second Judicial District. To fill the new posts Governor William R. Merriam turned to the Ramsey County Bar Associations for recommendations. On February 10, 1889 it met and after a short discussion--it could ... Benjamin F. Wright (1861-1936)Benjamin Franklin Wright served as District Court Judge in Beltrami County from 1909 to his death in 1936. A memorial to him by a committee of the Beltrami County Bar Association was filed with the court on February 23, 1937. ... Austin H. Young (1830-1905)Austin H. Young served as a judge in Hennepin County for over eighteen years, initially on the Court of Common Pleas from 1872 to 1877, then on the District Court from 1877 to 1890, when he was defeated for reelection. He died on February 13, 1905. ... Lucius F. Hubbard & Return I. Holcombe: "Judicial System." (1908)This article is an important resource because it lists the names and years of service of all men who served on the supreme court from statehood to the early twentieth century, the clerks and reporters of the supreme court, and the judges of the nineteen judicial districts. It appeared as a chapter ... |