Benjamin Wilson Coleman | |
Office2: | Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court |
Term Start2: | 1915 |
Term End2: | February 25, 1939 |
Successor2: | William Edwin Orr |
Birth Date: | July 1, 1869 |
Birth Place: | Ballsville, Virginia |
Death Date: | February 25, 1939 |
Death Place: | Carson City, Nevada |
Education: | Richmond College |
Benjamin Wilson Coleman (July 1, 1869 – February 25, 1939) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1915 to 1939.
Coleman was born in Ballsville, Virginia on July 1, 1869, the son of John Coleman and Arabella Smith.[1] He received his LLB from Richmond College in 1892. He was the deputy district attorney in Cripple Creek, Colorado, before he married Martha L. Attleton and moved to Nevada in 1906.[2] Coleman was a member of the Knights Templar.[3]
He practiced law in Ely until he was elected to the ninth Judicial District in 1911. He ran for, and was elected to, the supreme court in 1914 being re-elected four times and serving four terms as chief justice.
In 1925, Coleman taught contract law at Northwestern University.[2]
Coleman died in Carson City, Nevada on February 25, 1939.[2] William Edwin Orr was appointed to fill Coleman's seat on the court.[4]