Edward De Graffenried

Background

Graffenried, Edward De was born on January 31, 1861 in Sawyerville, Alabama, United States. Son of Emanuel T. and Sue Howard (Seay) deG.

Education

Master of Arts, Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama, 1880.

Career

Began practice with uncle, Governor Thomas Seay, at Eutaw, 1882. Member Alabama Constitutional Convention, 1901. Confidential legal adviser to governor of Alabama, 1910.

Associate judge Court of Appeals of Alabama, 1910, 11.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, 1912-1915. Resigned and resumed practice at Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Achievements

• Edward De Graffenried has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Connections

Married Mary Meriwether, June 2, 1886.