Milo A. Root
American judge
About Milo A. Root
Lived 1863 – 1917 (aged 53–54).
Milo Adelbert Root (January 22, 1863 – January 9, 1917) was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1905 to 1908. He was appointed by Governor Albert E. Mead to a newly created seat on the court.
Born in Illinois, Root's family moved to New York when he was thirteen, where Root received a law degree from Albany Law School in Albany, New York, in 1883. Root moved to the Territory of Washington in 1884. He was probate judge and prosecuting attorney for two terms in each position in Olympia, Washington, and was appointed to the supreme court by Governor Albert E. Mead in 1905.
Root died in Seattle at the age of 54 following a three-week illness culminating in a bout of pneumonia.
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Who was Milo A. Root?
American judge (1863–1917)
When was Milo A. Root born?
Milo A. Root was born in 1863.
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Milo A. Root died in 1917.
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