Oliver Winslow Branch (October 4, 1879 – February 6, 1956)"Oliver W. Branch, Retired N. H. Chief Justice", ''The Boston Globe'' (February 7, 1956), p. 19."Oliver W. Branch, 76, New Hampshire Jurist", ''Washington Evening Star'' (February 7, 1956), p. A-18. was an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1926 to 1946, and chief justice from 1946 to 1949. Branch was the oldest of four children of New York attorney

Oliver Ernesto Branch Oliver Ernesto Branch (July 19, 1847 – June 22, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician from Weare, New Hampshire, who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire. ...

and Sarah M. Chase, of Weare, New Hampshire. He received an undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1902, and a law degree from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

in 1904, and was appointed to the New Hampshire Superior Court in 1913. He was appointed to the state supreme court in 1926. In 1938, Branch was also president of the New Hampshire Bar Association. Branch retired from the supreme court upon reaching the statutory age limit on his 70th birthday, on October 4, 1949.Paul Southwick,
Judge Branch Retires After Record Term
, ''Concord Monitor'' (September 30, 1949), p. 1, 6. Branch married Isabel Dow Hogle of Rochester, New York, on November 13, 1910, with whom he had 5 children. Branch died at his home in Manchester, New Hampshire, at the age of 76.

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