Background
Wanty, George Proctor was born on March 12, 1856 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Proctor) Wanty.
Wanty, George Proctor was born on March 12, 1856 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Proctor) Wanty.
Education common and academic schools Ann Arbor. Graduate University Michigan, law department, Bachelor of Laws, 1878. Admitted Grand Rapids bar, 1878.
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Wanty received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Michigan in 1878 and went into private practice. In 1883, he partnered with Niram A. Fletcher to form the law firm of Fletcher & Wanty, which is known today as Wheeler Upham, Professional Corporation Wanty remained in private practice to 1900. On March 7, 1900, Wanty was nominated by President William McKinley to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan vacated by Henry Franklin Severens.
Wanty was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 13, 1900, and received his commission the same day.
He served in that capacity until his death, in 1906, and was succeeded in his office by another attorney from the firm that he had founded, Loyal Edwin Knappen.
Married Emma Nichols, June 22, 1886.