Albert H. Angstman (March 23, 1888 – February 29, 1964) was a justice of the

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from 1929 to 1934, again from 1937 to 1942, and again from 1945 to 1961. Born on a farm near

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, he graduated from the St. Paul College of Law in 1912, and moved to

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. He served in the

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during

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. Angstman was a first assistant attorney general prior to being elected to the court in November 1928 to take office the following January."Supreme Court Members Don Robes Monday", ''Great Falls Tribune'' (December 28, 1944), p. 4. He left the court in 1935 to become secretary and attorney of the state railroad and state public service commission. He was again elected to the court in 1936, serving his second stint until 1943. Angstman married Mary Frances Chirgwin, with whom he had three children.

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