William B. Mitchell

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William Mitchell

William Bell Mitchell (born November 19, 1832 in Stamford , Welland County , Ontario , † August 21, 1900 near Alexandria , Minnesota ) was an American lawyer and politician. He had great influence on the development of case law in Minnesota.

Life

Mitchell graduated from Washington & Jefferson College in 1853 . He then worked as a teacher in Morgantown , Virginia , and studied with Edgar Campbell Wilson Law . Mitchell was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1857 but was soon practicing in Winona , Minnesota . In 1859/60 he was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives . Since 1874 he was a judge in the 3rd judicial district (judicial district) , since March 1881 at the Minnesota Supreme Court , appointed by Governor John Sargent Pillsbury . Mitchell was re-elected to that position three times.

In 1900 Mitchell was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Mitchell was married to E. Jane Hanway († 1867) since 1857 and in 1872 in second marriage to Frances M. Smith (1838-1881). William DeWitt Mitchell (1874–1955) , who later became Attorney General, was one of his six children . William Bell Mitchell died of a stroke on August 21, 1900 on the shores of Lake Alexandria . He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Winona.

literature

  • Marion Daniel Shutter: Progressive Men of Minnesota . The Minneapolis Journal, Minneapolis 1897, p. 437.
  • Who's Who in America: a Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States. Chicago: Marquis, 1899-1900.
  • John Stryker: William Mitchell . In: Hiram F. Stevens (Ed.): History of the Bench and Bar of Minnesota . tape 1 . Legal Publishing and Engraving Co., Minneapolis 1904, pp. 65–71 (English, archive.org [accessed December 9, 2018]).
  • Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States. Chicago, American Publishers' Ass., 1909-1914.
  • Minnesota Biographies: 1655-1912. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1912.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mitchell, William B. "Wm." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. Retrieved December 9, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter M. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved December 9, 2018 .
  3. ^ William Bell Mitchell in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved December 9, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Mitchell, William B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mitchell, William; Mitchell, William Bell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Stamford , Welland County , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1900
Place of death Alexandria , Minnesota