Grover Lee Broadfoot (December 27, 1892 – May 18, 1962) was an American lawyer and judge from Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for thirteen years and was briefly Chief Justice for the last 5 months of his life.[1] Earlier in his career, he had been the 30th Attorney General of Wisconsin, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Mayor of Mondovi, Wisconsin, and District Attorney of Buffalo County for twelve years.
Biography
Born in Independence, Wisconsin, Broadfoot moved with his family to Mondovi, Wisconsin, where he graduated from high school.[2] Broadfoot graduated from the University of Wisconsin, where he also received his law degree in 1918, and then enlisted in the army during World War I.[2] Later he was the district attorney of Buffalo County, Wisconsin and was mayor of Mondovi, Wisconsin from 1943 to 1947.[2] In 1947 he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly until June 5, 1948, when he resigned to become Attorney General of Wisconsin.[2] He then resigned on November 12, 1948, when he was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.[2][3] In 1962 he became chief justice, serving until his death.[4][5] He died of a heart ailment in Minneapolis.[2]
Notes
- ^ "Celia Eliza Tillotson and Alexander Broadfoot".
- ^ a b c d e f "Chief Justice of State Dies in Minneapolis". The Post-Crescent. May 19, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved November 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ http://www.doj.state.wi.us/ag/wi.ags.asp [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Broadfoot, Grover L. 1892". www.wisconsinhistory.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11.
- ^ "Wisconsin Court System - Grover L. Broadfoot". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
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