Ephraim Hanson (March 10, 1872 – February 5, 1952)L. A. Rites Memorialize Judge, Ex-Jurist of Utah High Court
, ''Salt Lake Telegram'' (February 8, 1952), p. 24. was a justice of the

Utah Supreme Court The Utah Supreme Court is the supreme court of the state of Utah, United States. It has final authority of interpretation of the Utah Constitution. The Utah Supreme Court is composed of five members: a chief justice, an associate chief justice ...

from 1929 to 1938.Stephen W. Julien, "The Utah State Supreme Court and Its Justices, 1896-1976"
44 Utah Hist. Q.
267, 280-82 (1976).

Biography

Hanson received his undergraduate degree from the

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and his law degree from the

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in 1893, gaining admission to the Utah Bar the same year. He practiced law in

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, where he served as county attorney. In 1912, he moved to Salt Lake City, practicing law there until he was elected to a seat on the Utah Third Judicial District in 1920. He served on that court for two four year terms. In 1929, Hanson was appointed to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the death of Joseph E. Frick.James E. Magleby and John M. Peterson, ''Justices of the Utah Supreme Court, 1896-1996'' (1997), p. 28. Hanson did not run for re-election in 1940.

Personal life and death

After graduating from law school in 1893, Hanson married Ella Dorius of Ephraim. Hanson died of a

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at his home in

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, at the age of 79.

References

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