About Morton Shelley Bailey
Lived 1855 – 1922 (aged 66). Morton Shelley Bailey was an American politician.
Morton Shelley Bailey (July 3, 1855 – May 16, 1922) was an American politician who served in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district from 1891 to 1893 and as an Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1909 to 1922.
Biography Born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, Bailey received a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) academic degree from the Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1880, and was admitted to the Colorado Bar as a practicing attorney-at-law in 1882. Bailey married Lutie Wilkin in Denver in September 1888. Then Governor of Colorado Oliver Henry Shoup appointed former justice John C. Campbell to his seat on the high court.
The Fox News Channel political commentator and program host Jesse Watters is a descendant through his mother, Justice Bailey's great-granddaughter, Anne Purvis Bailey.
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American politician and judge (1855–1922)
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Morton Shelley Bailey was born on 3 July 1855 in Charleston Township.
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Morton Shelley Bailey died on 16 May 1922 in Denver.
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Morton Shelley Bailey was a politician.
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