Draft:George R. Milburn

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George Roszelle Milburn (November 15, 1850 – June 24, 1910) was a justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1901 to 1907.

District Judge, 7th Judicial District, 1889-1897; Associate Justice, Montana Supreme Court, 1901-1907. Justice Milburn was born in Washington, DC. He received a BA from Yale University in 1872. He married Eugenie P. Bliss on December 7, 1875 and they had two children. After that, he worked for the US Pension Department and studied law at the National Law University until 1881. In 1881, he moved to New Mexico as Inspector of the Indian Agencies. In 1882, he was ordered north to the Indian agencies in the Territories of Montana and North Dakota. In 1884, he built Crow Agency. Milburn was admitted to the Montana Bar in 1885. Subsequently that year, he retired from the federal government and engaged in the private practice of law in Miles City, Montana. In 1889, he was elected district judge, which he remained until January 1897. He was then elected Associate Justice of the Montana Supreme Court in 1901 and served until his term expired in 1907. Milburn died in Helena, Montana, at the age of 59.[1]

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  1. ^ "Biographies and Histories of Montana's Justices, Judges, and Courts, 1865-2020" (PDF). State Law Library of Montana. 2020. p. 68. This work in is in the public domain, reproduction and non-commercial distribution of this work are permitted with attribution.


Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
1901–1907
Succeeded by


Category:1850 births Category:1910 deaths Category:Justices of the Montana Supreme Court


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