Clinton A. Galbraith

Clinton Alexander Galbraith (March 6, 1860 – May 27, 1923) was an American lawyer and judge who served as attorney general of Oklahoma Territory and later as an associate justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Hawaii from June 30, 1900 to June 15, 1904. After returning to Oklahoma, he held several legal posts including assistant attorney general of the state of Oklahoma.

Early life, education, and career Born in Hartsville, Indiana, to S. Joseph William Galbraith and Catherine Elizabeth (McAllister) Galbraith, he received his undergraduate degree from Hartsville College in 1883, and matriculated at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor. He gained admission to the bar in 1885.

In his final years he served as a state supreme court commissioner, presiding judge of the second division, and finally as an assistant attorney general of Oklahoma, in which office he was serving at the time of his death.

Personal life and death On December 22, 1886, Galbraith married Nova Harmon in Terrell, Texas. The couple had no children.

Galbraith died suddenly of a heart attack in Oklahoma City at the age of 63, and was buried there.