Alonzo Jay Edgerton

Biography of Alonzo Jay Edgerton

Family Name (Surname): Edgerton
First Name: Alonzo
Middle Name: Jay
Date of Birth: June , 7 , 1827
Place of Birth (POB): Rome, Oneida County , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
Date of Death: August , 9 , 1896
Place of Death (POD): Sioux Falls , South Dakota (US-SD, 46, S. Dak., S.D., SoDak)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States District Court, District of South Dakota
Court Type: United States District Court
Appointment under the Presidency of: Benjamin Harrison ( Republican )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/16/1889
Judicial Recess Appointment date: 11/19/1889
New Seat
Authorization legislation: 25 Stat. 676
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/16/1889
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 01/14/1890
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 01/16/1890
Commission Date: 01/16/1890
Date of Termination: 08/09/1896
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Private practice, Mantorville, Minnesota, 1855-1861, 1867-1871, 1874-1877, 1878-1881
Prosecutor, Dodge County, Minnesota
State senator, Minnesota, 1858-1859
U.S. Army, 1861-1867
Railroad commissioner, State of Minnesota, 1871-1874
State representative, Minnesota, 1877-1878
U.S. senator from Minnesota, 1881
Judge, U.S. District Court, Dakota Territory, 1881-1885
Private practice, Mitchell, Dakota Territory, 1885-1889