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 .

↑ 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

personal data
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