Samuel B. Wilson | |
Birth Name: | Samuel Bailey Wilson |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1873 |
Birth Place: | Prices Branch, Missouri |
Death Place: | Mankato, Minnesota |
Occupation: | Jurist |
Children: | 6 |
Education: | University of Minnesota Law School |
Party: | Republican |
Office: | Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court |
Term Start: | 1923 |
Term End: | 1933 |
Samuel Bailey Wilson (May 12, 1873 - January 24, 1954) was an American lawyer and judge from Minnesota. He served as Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1923 to 1933.
Samuel B. Wilson was born in Prices Branch, Missouri on May 12, 1873.[1] He graduated from the State Normal School in Mankato, Minnesota (now Minnesota State University) in 1894, and from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1896.[1] [2]
He married Daisy Sheehan on June 21, 1899 and they had six children.[1] [2]
He was active within the Republican Party, and in 1900, he was elected county attorney of Blue Earth County.[1] He was a partner in the law firm Wilson, Blethen, and Ogle.[2]
Wilson served as Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1923 to 1933.[2]
He died in Mankato on January 24, 1954.[2]