Levi Hubbell, judge of the second circuit, was elected chief justice of the supreme court by the judges present, pursuant to statute, at the commencement of the next term.

The evidence

• “On the ist day of January, 1851, Timothy O. Howe took his seat as one of the associate judges of the supreme court, he having been elected judge of the fourth circuit in place of Alex-, ander W. Stow. The office of chief justice of the supreme court, which had been filled by Judge Stow, therefore became vacant, and so remained until the commencement of the next term — June 18, 1851 — when Levi Hubbell, judge of the second circuit, was, by the judges present, pursuant to the statute, elected to that office.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/02-wisconsin-as-a-state.md, PDF p. 55

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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