Albert Hayden Ellett (February 4, 1898 – November 30, 1986) was a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1967 to 1979, serving as chief justice from 1976 to 1979. Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Ellett was largely raised in Texas. He received a B.A. from the University of Utah, and worked as a teacher and an accountant before receiving his law degree from Blackstone College of Law in Chicago, and gaining

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in 1930. In 1934, he was elected to a seat on the Salt Lake City Court, and in 1940, he was elected to the Utah Third District Court. On January 6, 1967, Governor

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appointed Ellett to a seat on the Utah Supreme Court vacated by the death of

Roger I. McDonough Roger I. McDonough (September 29, 1892 – November 25, 1966) was an American judge. He presided over Utah's Third Judicial District Court for ten years. Then in 1938 he was elected to the Utah Supreme Court, where he went on to serve as chief ju ...

.A.H. Ellett Dies; Former Chief Justice in Utah", ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' (December 1, 1986), p. B-1."Ellett Named to Utah's High Court", ''The Daily Herald'' (January 4, 1967), p. 1. Ellett was married twice, first to Florence Rowe of Spanish Fork from August 20, 1924 until her death on January 5, 1975, and then to Miriam Parker, on December 27, 1975. Ellett died at Salt Lake City hospital following a heart attack.

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Justices of the Utah Supreme Court 1898 births 1986 deaths University of Utah alumni People from Huntsville, Alabama 20th-century American judges {{Utah-stub