William H. Welch (judge)

William H Welch, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota Territory

William Henry Welch, Sr. (June 1, 1805 – January 22, 1863) was an American jurist.

Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, Welch graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School. He moved to Minnesota Territory and settled in St. Anthony (now Minneapolis). Welch served as a justice of the peace. From 1853 to 1858, Welch served on the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court and was the chief justice. He moved to Red Wing, Minnesota in 1858 and died there.^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ Minnesota State Law Library-William H. Welch
↑ 'Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society-Minnesota Geographic Names Their Origin and Historic Significance,' volume XVII, Warren Upham-Minnesota Historical Society archeologist, Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota: 1920, Welch, Minnesota, Biographical information about William H. Welch, pg. 210-211

External links

William H. Welch at Find a Grave

Minnesota Supreme Court Justices

Territorial (1849–1858)	Goodrich Cooper Meeker Fuller Hayner Chatfield Sherburne Welch R. Nelson Flandrau

State (since 1858)	Flandrau Atwater Emmett T. Wilson McMillan Berry Gilfillan Ripley Young Cornell Mitchell Clark Dickinson Vanderburgh Collins Buck Canty Start C. Brown Lovely Lewis Douglas Jaggard Elliott O'Brien Simpson Bunn P. Brown Holt Hallam Schaller Quinn Dibell S. Wilson Stone Hilton Olsen Loring Devaney Olson H. Peterson H. Gallagher Streissguth Pirsig Youngdahl T. Gallagher Magney Matson W. Christianson F. Gallagher Knutson T. Christianson Dell M. Nelson Murphy Loevinger Otis Rogosheske Sheran C.D. Peterson F. Kelly Todd MacLaughlin Yetka Scott Wahl Amdahl Simonett G. Kelley Coyne Popovich Keith Tomljanovich Ogren Page P. Anderson Stringer Blatz Gilbert R. Anderson Ericksen Meyer Hanson G.B. Anderson Gildea Dietzen Magnuson Stras Wright Lillehaug Hudson

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