Edwin K. Cheadle Jr. (c. 1895 – February 1, 1981) was a justice of the

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from 1944 to 1947. Born in Fergus County, Montana, to Edwin K. Cheadle Sr. and Ida Constance Wohlfahrt, Cheadle's father was a Montana attorney who became a state district court judge. Cheadle graduated with a degree in law from

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, and joined the

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in 1917 to fight in

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. Returning to Montana after the war, he engaged in the general practice of law with his father, and joined the

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in 1921. He served continuously in the U.S. military until 1955 and reached the rank of Colonel. Cheadle was elected to the

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in November 1926. Cheadle married Ruth Moore in Lewistown, Montana in 1923 and they had three daughters. He died in Helena, Montana at the age of 85.

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1890s births 1981 deaths People from Fergus County, Montana New York University School of Law alumni United States Army personnel of World War I Members of the Montana House of Representatives Justices of the Montana Supreme Court {{Montana-state-judge-stub