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Bates Turner

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Bates Turner was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives and a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.

Biography

Turner was born in October of 1760 in what would become Canaan, Connecticut. He would serve with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 1780, he graduated from the Litchfield Law School.[1] Turner died on April 30, 1847.

His nephew, Josiah Turner, who had read law under him, would become a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Another relative, Wolcott Turner Brooks, would become a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Political and judicial career

Turner was a member of the House of Representatives in 1813. He served on the Supreme Court from 1827 to 1828.[2]

References

  1. ^ The Vermont Encyclopedia. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England. 2003. p. 290. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Lewis Cass Aldrich, ed. (1891). HISTORY OF Franklin AND Grand Isle Counties VERMONT. Syracuse, N Y.: D. Mason & Co. pp. 225–226.