Sidney E. Ellsworth (September 29, 1862 – October 31, 1935) was a justice of the

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from 1909 to 1910.

Biography

Sidney E. Ellsworth was born on September 29, 1862, near

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. His family moved to

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in 1871 and later to

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in 1875. He graduated from Valparaiso University School of Law in 1891. He moved to

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in 1893 and lived in Carrington, North Dakota until December 1894. He then moved to Jamestown, North Dakota continued his legal practice there for the next fifty years. In January 1909, Ellsworth was appointed to the

by Governor John Burke at the age of 46. Justice Ellsworth was defeated in the 1910 election. He served on the Supreme Court for a total of one year and eleven and a half months. From 1936 to 1938, Ellsworth served as an attorney for the Highway Department. He died on October 31, 1945, at the age 83.

References

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