Английская Википедия:Hiram Truesdale
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Hiram Calvin Truesdale (February 8, 1860Шаблон:Spaced ndashOctober 28, 1897) was an American jurist who served as Chief Justice on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from July till October 1897.
Biography
Truesdale was born to Calvin and Charlotte (Haynes) Truesdale in Rock Island, Illinois on February 8, 1860.Шаблон:Sfn He was the brother of William Haynes Truesdale. Growing up in Rock Island, he was educated in local schools.Шаблон:Sfn Truesdale graduated from the State University of Iowa (now University of Iowa) in 1880 and earned a degree from the university's law school two years later.[1] Following graduation, he was admitted to the bar in 1882 and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota soon after.Шаблон:Sfn There he was in a law partnership with Thomas Lowry for a time before joining the firm of Truesdale, Lawrence, and Corrington.[2] Around this time he married Martha Langdon, the daughter of a prominent contractor. The union produced a son and a daughter.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1895, Truesdale moved his family to Phoenix, Arizona Territory.Шаблон:Sfn The move allowed him access to the Minnesota & Arizona Construction Company's affairs, a firm in which his father-in-law owned a stake.[2] A life-time Republican, Truesdale had been mostly politically inactive. He had however served as a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention and met William McKinley at that time.Шаблон:Sfn In his letter of application, Truesdale admitted to being largely uninformed about the appointment process and mentioned that his father had known the incoming president when they were both living in Poland, Ohio.Шаблон:Sfn Perhaps more influential, Truesdale secured recommendations from Russell A. Alger, fifteen United States Senators, and a variety of United States Congressmen.Шаблон:Sfn President McKinley nominated Truesdale to be Chief Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court on June 26, 1897.[3] Senate confirmation came on July 8,[4] and he was sworn in on July 20, 1897.[5]
The new chief justice was assigned to Arizona's third judicial district, comprising Maricopa and Yuma counties. He spent his first few months as a judge in Santa Monica, California escaping Arizona's summertime heat and preparing himself for his new duties.Шаблон:Sfn Upon his return to Arizona, he went to Prescott to substitute for Justice Richard Elihu Sloan in a case, which would become Wiser v. Lawler, 7 Arizona 163 (1900) upon appeal, involving the sale of a group of mining properties. Truesdale's opinion, which found for the plaintiffs, was described as "one of the ablest given in the Territory."Шаблон:Sfn
On October 2, 1897, Truesdale underwent a minor surgical procedure to remove a growth in his nostril. While the operation initially appeared successful, complications developed two days later.Шаблон:Sfn The patient's health declined and his family was called to him from Minnesota.[6] Truesdale died from meningitis complicated by typhoid on October 28, 1897.[7] He was buried in Minneapolis' Lakewood Cemetery.Шаблон:Sfn
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