A constitutional delegate was elected a circuit judge at the origin of state government, becoming a judge of the Supreme court.

The evidence

• “tional convention, which framed the constitution of this state. At the origin of state government in 1849 he was elected a circuit judge and under the system which then prevailed became a judge of the Supreme court. When the Separate Supreme court was established, in 1853, he was elected chief justice and reelected in 1857.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 217 / book p. 720

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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