Draft:William B. Rose

William B. Rose (1862 – January 16, 1946)^[1] was a justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court from 1909 to 1943.

Born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, to James and Catherine Brandon Rose, he "studied law in the office of a prothonotary in Mercer" before moving to Nebraska in 1889.^[1]

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In 1908, Rose was one of four justices appointed to newly created seats on the court.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Judge Rose, On High Court 35 Years, Dies", The Lincoln Star (January 16, 1946), p. 1.
^ Julius Sterling Morton and Albert Watkins, History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi (1918), p. 697.

Political offices
Preceded by Newly created seat	Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court 1909–1943	Succeeded by E. B. Chappell

Category:1862 births Category:1946 deaths Category:Justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court

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[Star_obit-1] "Judge Rose, On High Court 35 Years, Dies", The Lincoln Star (January 16, 1946), p. 1.

[2] Julius Sterling Morton and Albert Watkins, History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi (1918), p. 697.

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