Charles Burke Elliott

Charles Burke Elliott (January 6, 1861 – September 18, 1935) was an American jurist.

Born in Morgan County, Ohio, Elliott moved to Iowa with his parents.
He graduated from University of Iowa College of Law in 1881 and was admitted to the Iowa bar.
He was the lawyer for a land company in Aberdeen, Dakota Territory.
Elliott then moved to Minnesota in 1884.
He received his doctorate from University of Minnesota in 1887 with a thesis on "The Northeastern Fisheries" and taught at the university from 1890 to 1899.
In 1890, Elliott was appointed the Minneapolis, Minnesota municipal court judge and in 1894 was appointed a Minnesota district court judge.
During the Spanish–American War, Elliott was adjutant general of the State of Minnesota.
Elliott was a Republican. From 1905 to 1909, Elliott served on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
In 1909. President William H. Taft appointed Elliott to the Supreme Court of the Philippines and Elliott served until 1912.
He then resumed his law practice in Minneapolis.
He also wrote several books about the law and the government of the Philippine Islands.
He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota after being in ill health.

Wikipedia

Name Charles Burke Elliott
Role Author
Birth year 1861
Death year 1935
Book title The Philippines to the end of the military régime America overseas
Publication year 1917
Publisher Indianapolis; The Bobbs-Merrill company

• Residence: Ohio, United States - 1870
• Residence: West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa, United States - 1880
• Residence: Minneapolis city, Ward 02, Hennepin, Minnesota - 1895
• Residence: Minneapolis Ward 8, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States - 1920
• Residence: Minneapolis (Districts 1-250), Hennepin, Minnesota, United States - 1930
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JUDGE CHARLES ELLIOTT, 74, DIES AT MILL CITY HOME Minneapolis, Sept.’ 18 (UP)— Judge Charles Burke Elliott, attorney and former associate justice of the state supreme court, died today at his home. He was 74 and had been in ill health for several months. ' Funeral • services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon.

Moorhead Daily News,
Moorhead, Minnesota
Wed, Sep 18, 1935 – Page 6

https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-sep-18-1935-1342432/

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Associate Justice Charles B. Elliott:
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