W. J. Galbraith

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W. J. Galbraith
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3rd Arizona Attorney General
In office
1921–1923
GovernorThomas E. Campbell
Preceded byWiley E. Jones
Succeeded byJohn W. Murphy[1]
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
In office
1919–1920
ConstituencyMaricopa County
Personal details
Born1872
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 21, 1956(1956-12-21) (aged 83–84)
Sparta, Missouri
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionAttorney

William James Galbraith (1872 – December 21, 1956) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. Galbraith was the third Attorney General of Arizona after it gained statehood.

Life and career[]

Galbraith was born in 1872 in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, and moved to Arizona in 1901 and settled in Cochise County.[2] He graduated from Stanford University and from the University of Chicago and was admitted to practice law in Arizona in 1909.[2]

From 1909 to 1913 Galbraith lived in Tucson, taught law at the University of Arizona and was an assistant attorney general. While in Tucson he served as a scoutmaster for the first Boy Scout troop in Tucson.[3][4]

He later moved to Maricopa County and served as a member of the Fourth Legislature of Arizona and was a member of the Uniform Law Commission of Arizona for two terms.[2] He was elected Arizona Attorney General in 1920.[2] In 1924, he was the Republican nominee for Arizona's only congressional district,[2] but lost to Democrat Carl Hayden.

References[]

  1. ^ John W. Murphy, Arizona Republic, March 9, 1924
  2. ^ a b c d e W. J. Galbraith, Arizona Republic, October 19, 1924
  3. ^ W. J. Galbraith at the Website The Otis H. Chidester Scout Museum Of Southern Arizona, Inc.
  4. ^ https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-at-100-boy-scouts-to-tap-sugar-maples-while-camping-in-catalinas/article_820acb02-9e07-11e0-abf1-001cc4c03286.html[bare URL]

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