Alonzo Jay Edgerton
Personal
Birthday:
6/7/1827
Birthplace:
Rome, Oneida County, NY
Date of Death:
8/9/1896
Place of Death:
Sioux Falls, SD
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
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
Judge, U.S. District Court, Dakota Territory, 1881-1885
Private practice, Mitchell, Dakota Territory, 1885-1889
Education
Name of School:
Wesleyan University
Degree Year:
1850
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1855 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, District of South Dakota
Court Name:
South Dakota District Court
President Nominating:
Benjamin Harrison
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
01/16/1890
Termination Date:
08/09/1896
Termination Reason:
Death