Senate 1895-98 (District 24); Senate 1899-1914 (District 30)
Party when first elected: Democratic
Counties Served:
Dakota
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
5/20/1856
Birth Place:
Chicago, Illinois
Birth County:
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
3/31/1934
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Catholic
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Hastings
Occupation (when first elected):
Practicing Law/Former Mercantile and Newspaper Business
EDUCATION
Hastings Public Schools; Elementary School;
Public Schools, France; Postsecondary; 2 Years
Public Schools, Germany; Postsecondary;
St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri; College Graduate;
Studied Law; With Mr. Clagett and Mr. Searles, Hastings, Minnesota
Washington University, Law Department, St. Louis, Missouri; LL.B.; With Honors, June 12, 1879; Admitted to Practice in Minnesota, July 1879
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
County Attorney:
Dakota County, Minnesota;
1879 to 01/1891
[Elected]
Municipal Attorney:
Hastings, Minnesota (City Attorney);
1891 to 1897
[Elected]
Municipal Attorney:
South St. Paul, Minnesota (City Attorney);
1895 to 1899
Judge:
Minnesota Supreme Court (Associate Justice, Appointed by Governor Winfield S. Hammond);
03/1915 to 01/1917
[Appointed]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Katherine "Kate" E. Meloy (married in 1881)
Children:
Five children: Rose Marie, Marion, and Josephine (daughters); Karl (son)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He was of French ancestry.
He moved to Hastings, Minnesota on July 4, 1856, with his parents.
"In politics he was a Democrat and an influential member of the senate." (Proceedings in Memory of Associate Justices Homer Bliss Dibell and Albert Schaller, October 18, 1934)
Religion provided by Proceedings in Memory of Associate Justices Homer Bliss Dibell and Albert Schaller, October 18, 1934.