W._J._Galbraith

W. J. Galbraith

W. J. Galbraith

American lawyer and Republican politician (1872–1956)

William James Galbraith (1872 – December 21, 1956) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. Galbraith was the third Attorney General of Arizona after it gained statehood.

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Life and career

Galbraith was born in 1872 in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, and moved to Arizona in 1901 and settled in Cochise County.[2] He graduated from Stanford University and from the University of Chicago and was admitted to practice law in Arizona in 1909.[2]

From 1909 to 1913 Galbraith lived in Tucson, taught law at the University of Arizona and was an assistant attorney general. While in Tucson he served as a scoutmaster for the first Boy Scout troop in Tucson.[3][4]

He later moved to Maricopa County and served as a member of the Fourth Legislature of Arizona and was a member of the Uniform Law Commission of Arizona for two terms.[2] He was elected Arizona Attorney General in 1920.[2] In 1924, he was the Republican nominee for Arizona's only congressional district,[2] but lost to Democrat Carl Hayden.

References

  1. [1]
    John W. Murphy, Arizona Republic, March 9, 1924
  2. [2]
    W. J. Galbraith, Arizona Republic, October 19, 1924
  3. [3]
    W. J. Galbraith at the Website The Otis H. Chidester Scout Museum Of Southern Arizona, Inc.
  4. [4]
    "Arizona at 100: Boy Scouts to tap sugar maples while camping in Catalinas".

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