WJ Galbraith
William J. Galbraith (born February 21, 1883 in Susquehanna County , Pennsylvania , † December 21, 1956 in Sparta , Missouri ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ).
Career
Nothing is known about William J. Galbraith's youth. In 1901 he moved to the Arizona Territory and settled there in Cochise County . In the following years he attended Stanford University and the University of Chicago . He was admitted to the bar in all courts in the Arizona Territory and the United States Supreme Court in 1909. He was a law professor at the University of Arizona College of Law from 1909 to 1913 , and served as the Deputy Attorney General of the Arizona Territory . During this time he lived in Tucson ( Pima County ). Galbraith was there after 1912, the second group leader of the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America . He sat in the Arizona House of Representatives (4 Arizona State Legislature) and was a member of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) of Arizona for two terms. Since 1915, he lived in Phoenix ( Maricopa County ). He was elected Attorney General of Arizona in 1920 - a post he held until 1923 under the administration of Governor Thomas Edward Campbell . He was succeeded by the Democrat John W. Murphy . In the candidacy of Galbraith in the 1st Congressional constituency of Arizona in 1924 he suffered a defeat to the Democrat Carl Hayden .
literature
- Galbraith's Arizona Mining Laws: Selected Federal and State Statutes , Chas. F. Willis, 1923
- WJ Galbraith , Arizona Republic, October 19, 1924
Web links
- WJ Galbraith in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- WJ Galbraith on The Political Graveyard website
Individual evidence
- ↑ WJ Galbraith on the website of The Otis H. Chidester Scout Museum Of Southern Arizona, Inc.
- ↑ a b W. J. Galbraith on the website of Our Campaigns
- ↑ John W. Muphy , Arizona Republic, March 9, 1924
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SURNAME | Galbraith, WJ |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Galbraith, William J. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer and politician (Republican Party) |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1883 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Susquehanna County , Pennsylvania |
DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1956 |
Place of death | Sparta , Missouri |