Warren Toole

Edwin Warren Toole (July 5, 1893 – March 8, 1972) was an American lawyer and public official in Montana. He held a variety of legal and governmental positions, including service in the Montana Legislature, as clerk of the United States District Court, United States probation officer for the state of Montana, and postmaster of Great Falls. He also briefly served as an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1926 to 1927.

Early life, education, and military service Born in Helena, Montana, Toole was the son of Joseph Toole, a three term Governor of Montana. Toole received a B.A. from Yale University in 1914, and a J.D. from Stanford in 1917. He gained admission to the Montana State Bar in 1917, and began the practice of law with the firm of Charles Nelson Pray and Llewellyn L. Callaway. His practice was interrupted by service in the United States Army in World War I; Toole "made four attempts to enlist, was rejected in each instance, but was finally drafted". At age 33, Toole was the youngest person ever appointed to that body. In 1944, Toole was appointed postmaster of Great Falls by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. with whom he had one son and one daughter.

Toole died in his sleep in Great Falls, Montana, at the age of 78.