Grover L. Broadfoot Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Grover L. Broadfoot
Image Name:Grover L. Broadfoot (WI).png
Order:17th
Chief Justice of the
Term Start:January 1, 1962
Term End:May 18, 1962
Predecessor:John E. Martin
Successor:Timothy Brown
Office1:Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appointer1:Oscar Rennebohm
Term Start1:November 12, 1948
Term End1:May 18, 1962
Predecessor1:Elmer E. Barlow
Successor1:Horace W. Wilkie
Order2:30th
Office2:Attorney General of Wisconsin
Term Start2:June 5, 1948
Term End2:November 12, 1948
Appointer2:Oscar Rennebohm
Predecessor2:John E. Martin
Successor2:Thomas E. Fairchild
State3:Wisconsin
State Assembly3:Wisconsin
District3:Buffalo and Pepin
Term Start3:January 1, 1945
Term End3:June 5, 1948
Predecessor3:David I. Hammergren
Successor3:Edmund Hitt
Office4:Mayor of Mondovi, Wisconsin
Term Start4:April 1943
Term End4:April 1947
Office5:District Attorney of Buffalo County
Term Start5:January 1, 1923
Term End5:January 1, 1935
Predecessor5:Peter H. Urness
Successor5:Peter H. Urness
Birth Name:Grover Lee Broadfoot
Birth Date:27 December 1892
Birth Place:Independence, Wisconsin
Death Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Restingplace:Oak Park Cemetery
Mondovi, Wisconsin
Party:Republican
Father:Alexander Broadfoot
Mother:Celia Eliza (Tillotson) Broadfoot
Alma Mater:University of Wisconsin
Allegiance: United States
Serviceyears:1918
Battles:World War I

Grover Lee Broadfoot (December 27, 1892May 18, 1962) was an American lawyer and judge from Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for thirteen years and was briefly Chief Justice for the last 5 months of his life.[1] Earlier in his career, he had been the 30th Attorney General of Wisconsin, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Mayor of Mondovi, Wisconsin, and District Attorney of Buffalo County for twelve years.

Biography

Born in Independence, Wisconsin, Broadfoot moved with his family to Mondovi, Wisconsin, where he graduated from high school.[2] Broadfoot graduated from the University of Wisconsin, where he also received his law degree in 1918, and then enlisted in the army during World War I.[2] Later he was the district attorney of Buffalo County, Wisconsin and was mayor of Mondovi, Wisconsin from 1943 to 1947.[2] In 1947 he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly until June 5, 1948, when he resigned to become Attorney General of Wisconsin.[2] He then resigned on November 12, 1948, when he was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.[2] [3] In 1962 he became chief justice, serving until his death.[4] [5] He died of a heart ailment in Minneapolis.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Celia Eliza Tillotson and Alexander Broadfoot.
  2. News: Chief Justice of State Dies in Minneapolis . The Post-Crescent. May 19, 1962. 1. Newspapers.com. November 11, 2015 .
  3. http://www.doj.state.wi.us/ag/wi.ags.asp
  4. Web site: Broadfoot, Grover L. 1892 . www.wisconsinhistory.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611152532/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2165&search_term=broadfoot . 2011-06-11.
  5. Web site: Wisconsin Court System - Grover L. Broadfoot . 2009-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100609173015/http://www.wicourts.gov/about/judges/supreme/retired/broadfoot.htm . 2010-06-09 . dead .