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Edgar Winters Hillyer

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada · 1869

Edgar Winters Hillyer , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Edgar Winters Hillyer (December 3, 1830 – May 10, 1882) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Education

  • Denison University
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Career

Private practice, Placer County, California, 1856-1861; U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, 1861-1865; U.S. Army judge advocate, Department of the Pacific, 1865-1866; Private practice, Nevada, 1866-; District attorney, Storey County, Nevada, 1866-1869

Biography

Edgar Winters Hillyer (December 3, 1830 – May 10, 1882) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

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