Background
Doerfler, Christian was born on March 2, 1862 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Christopher and Wilhelmine (Schotte) Doerfler.
Associate Justice State Supreme Court
Doerfler, Christian was born on March 2, 1862 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Christopher and Wilhelmine (Schotte) Doerfler.
Normal School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1879. University of Wisconsin, Bachelor of Laws, 1885.
Doerfler was married to Julia Anderson. They had one son. He died on June 10, 1934. Doerfler was Commissioner of Milwaukee Public Schools before serving as Assistant District Attorney of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 1889 to 1891.
He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912 and 1916.
In 1921, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor John Jay Blaine. Doerfler remained a member until his resignation in 1929 after he began to suffer from poor health.
Member: American Bar Association. Wisconsin Bar Association (President, 1915). Milwaukee Bar Association (President, 1912).
Club: Milwaukee Athletic.
Married Julia Anderson, July 23, 1898.