Grover Lee Broadfoot (December 27, 1892May 18, 1962) was an American lawyer and judge from

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. He was a justice of the

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for thirteen years and was briefly Chief Justice for the last 5 months of his life. Earlier in his career, he had been the 30th

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, a member of the

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, Mayor of

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, and

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of Buffalo County for twelve years.

Biography

Born in

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, Broadfoot moved with his family to

, where he graduated from high school. Broadfoot graduated from the

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, where he also received his law degree in 1918, and then enlisted in the army during

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. Later he was the district attorney of

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and was mayor of Mondovi, Wisconsin from 1943 to 1947. In 1947 he served in the

until June 5, 1948, when he resigned to become Attorney General of Wisconsin. He then resigned on November 12, 1948, when he was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. In 1962 he became chief justice, serving until his death. He died of a heart ailment in

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* People from Independence, Wisconsin People from Mondovi, Wisconsin Military personnel from Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Law School alumni Chief Justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Wisconsin Attorneys General Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Mayors of places in Wisconsin 1892 births 1962 deaths 20th-century American judges 20th-century American politicians United States Army personnel of World War I {{Wisconsin-mayor-stub