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Alonzo Jay Edgerton

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota · 1890

Alonzo Jay Edgerton , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. Alonzo Jay Edgerton (June 7, 1827 – August 9, 1896) was a United States senator from Minnesota and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Education

  • Wesleyan University1850
  • Read law1855

Career

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; Private practice, Mitchell, Dakota Territory, 1885-1889

Biography

Alonzo Jay Edgerton (June 7, 1827 – August 9, 1896) was a United States senator from Minnesota and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

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