Background
HALSEY, Elmer Ellsworth was born on January 23, 1861 in Dover, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Sarah E. (Burt) Halsey.
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Elmer Ellsworth HALSEY
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Common School; St. Louis, Missouri Law School. University of Michigan Law School.
Career
Elected Circuit Court Commissioner, Baraga Company, Michigan, 1888. Elected Prosecuting Attorney, Baraga, Michigan, 1890, re-elected 1892 and 1894. Appointed Receiver, United States Land Office, Marquette, Michigan, 1896.
Elected Prosecuting Attorney, Asotin Company, State of Washington. 1902, and 1918, re-elected 1920, also in since 1926. Elected Representative, State of Washington Legislature, 1908, re-elected in 1910-1916, also in 1922 and 1924.
Membership
Member, Judicial Council of State of Washington, by Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1927-1931. Elected President, Washington, State Good Roads Association, 1926. Appointed Chairman. Company of Asotin Council of Defense, Legal Advisory Board, by Governor. of Washington.
Food Administrator, Asotin Company, during World War. Member: Masons, Blue Lodge. State of Washington Bar Association.
Sigma Chi.
Connections
Spouse Sarah Thomas, November 1885, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
