Samuel Bailey Wilson (May 12, 1873 – January 24, 1954) was an American

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and

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from

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. He served as Chief Justice of the

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from 1923 to 1933.

Biography

Samuel B. Wilson was born in Prices Branch, Missouri on May 12, 1873. He graduated from the State Normal School in

Mankato, Minnesota Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Blue Earth, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet, and Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The ...

(now

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) in 1894, and from the

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in 1896. He married Daisy Sheehan on June 21, 1899 and they had six children. He was active within the Republican Party, and in 1900, he was elected county attorney of Blue Earth County. He was a partner in the law firm Wilson, Blethen, and Ogle. Wilson served as Chief Justice of the

from 1923 to 1933. He died in Mankato on January 24, 1954.

References

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