Alonzo Jay Edgerton

Judge Alonzo Jay Edgerton

Personal

Birthday:

6/7/1827

Birthplace:

Rome, Oneida County, NY

Date of Death:

8/9/1896

Place of Death:

Sioux Falls, SD

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Mantorville, Minnesota, 1855-1861, 1867-1871, 1874-1877, 1878-1881
Prosecutor, Dodge County, Minnesota
State senator, Minnesota, 1858-1859
U.S. Army, 1861-1867
Railroad commissioner, State of Minnesota, 1871-1874
State representative, Minnesota, 1877-1878
U.S. senator from Minnesota, 1881
Judge, U.S. District Court, Dakota Territory, 1881-1885
Private practice, Mitchell, Dakota Territory, 1885-1889

Education

Name of School:

Wesleyan University

Degree Year:

1850

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1855

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of South Dakota

Court Name:

South Dakota District Court

President Nominating:

Benjamin Harrison

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

01/16/1890

Termination Date:

08/09/1896

Termination Reason:

Death