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Charles H. Berry
Charles Henry Berry (September 12, 1823 – August 21, 1900), widely known as C. H. Berry, was an American politician and jurist who served as the first Minnesota Attorney General after statehood and as one of the last justices of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court. Biography Berry was born in Westerly, Rhode Island, the son of Samuel Foster and Lucy (née Stanton) Berry. He moved to Caton, New York, at the age of four, then to Maine, New York in 1838 to attend an academy. He attended Canandaigua Academy from 1843 to 1846, then studied law under Elbridge G. Lapham and was admitted to the bar in 1848. He then practiced law in Corning, New York, until 1855. He married Frances Eliza Hubbell in Corning in 1850, and they would have one daughter. He moved to Winona, Minnesota Territory, in 1855. In 1857, he was elected as a Democrat as Minnesota's first state attorney general, and served from May 24, 1858, to January 1860. He also served in the Minnesota Senate from 1874 to 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho Supreme Court
The Idaho Supreme Court is the state supreme court of Idaho and is composed of the chief justice and four associate justices. The decisions of the Idaho Supreme Court are binding on all other Idaho state courts. The only court that may reverse or modify its decisions is the Supreme Court of the United States. Justices Justices are elected in non-partisan statewide elections and serve staggered six-year terms. Elections are held in the state primary, now in the spring, with run-off elections in November. The Chief Justice is selected by an election among the five justices and term length for that office is four years. Prior to 1983, the position went to the justice with the least amount of time remaining in his term. The court originally had three justices; it was expanded to five in 1921. Current justices Women on the Supreme Court The first female justice on the Idaho Supreme Court was Linda Copple Trout, appointed in 1992 by Governor Cecil Andrus and elected in 1996 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of The State Of Idaho (1889)
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west. The state's capital and largest city is Boise. With an area of , Idaho is the 14th largest state by land area, but with a population of approximately 1.8 million, it ranks as the 13th least populous and the 7th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. For thousands of years, and prior to European colonization, Idaho has been inhabited by native peoples. In the early 19th century, Idaho was considered part of the Oregon Country, an area of dispute between the U.S. and the British Empire. It officially became U.S. territory with the signing of the Oregon Treaty of 1846, but a separate Idaho Territory was not organized until 1863, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
