Henry L. Waldo

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Henry Linn Waldo (born January 16, 1844 in Missouri , † July 10, 1915 in Kansas City , Missouri) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Henry Linn Waldo was born in Missouri in 1844 to LL Waldo and his wife Mary E., née Cantrell. The first years of his life were overshadowed by the Mexican-American War . Waldo received a modest education in community schools in his home county. He later attended the University of Missouri for several months .

During the Civil War in 1862 he traveled with George Bryant's large tour company and crossed the Great Plains to get to Santa Fe County ( New Mexico Territory ). Waldo returned to Westport. The following year he moved to California , where he Jura studied and received a license to practice law.

In 1870 he married Lucy Maria Mills (1842–1932), daughter of Dr. Augustus Mills and his wife, Eliza, née Buckner, of Kentucky . The couple had five children, three of them, Mamie, Thomas Adams († 1929) and Helen (1884-1959), survived. A son named Henry Linn junior died on January 26, 1892 in Exeter ( New Hampshire ) on the consequences of a fall, which he drew upon in training in the sports hall at Eastern College, which he attended at the time.

Waldo returned to Santa Fe County from California in 1873. There he joined the law firm Catron and Elkins , which was operated by lawyers Thomas B. Catron and Stephen Benton Elkins . In the following years he represented the interests of Elkins, who at that time sat as a delegate from the New Mexico Territory in Congress in Washington, DC . President Ulysses S. Grant named Waldo Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico Territory on January 10, 1876. Waldo held the post for two years before he stepped down. His time as a judge has been very satisfying for the court and the lawyers alike. At that time in New Mexico history , it was customary for an attorney to address juries in Spanish . Judge Waldo put an end to it all and forced the use of interpreters.

After his resignation, he resumed his practice as a lawyer. Waldo partnered with William Breeden , a distinguished member of the New Mexico Territory Bar Association at the time. Shortly after his resignation from the post of Chief Justice who appointed him governor of New Mexico Territory Samuel Beach Axtell as the new Attorney General of New Mexico Territory to the vacancy to fill, which was created by the resignation of Breeden. He held this post until 1880, when his partner, William Breeden, was appointed Attorney General of the New Mexico Territory by Governor Lionel Allen Sheldon . When he was appointed Chief Justice and appointed Attorney General, Waldo was a prominent member of the Democratic Party. This fact did not seem to have bothered the government, which belonged to the Republican Party . During his time as Attorney General, he represented the territory before the courts and was consistently successful.

In 1883, when the legal department of the Santa Fe Railroad Company was systematized, he was appointed solicitor for the New Mexico Territory - a post he held until January 1912. Because of his new job, he gave up his legal practice in 1883 and dissolved his partnership with William Breeden. He then followed his duties as a consultant for the company in all of its business relationships in the New Mexico Territory.

Although he was never a member of the New Mexico Territory Legislative Assembly, he wrote many legislative edicts. At the same time, due to his great influence, many proposed bills, which were flawed and harmful in their tendencies, were not passed.

Waldo was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Kansas City.

Honors

The community of Waldo in Santa Fe County, New Mexico was named in his honor.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Henry L. Waldo in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ Lucy Mills Waldo in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  3. ^ Thomasa Adams Waldo in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ Helen Waldo Rogers in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  5. ^ Henry Linn Waldo junior in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 8, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Waldo, Henry L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldo, Henry Linn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Missouri
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1915
Place of death Kansas City , Missouri