Background
REGISTER, George Scott was born on November 27, 1901 in Bismarck, N. Dakota. Son of George M. and Minnie (Scott) Register.
REGISTER, George Scott was born on November 27, 1901 in Bismarck, N. Dakota. Son of George M. and Minnie (Scott) Register.
Jamestown College, Jamestown, NiDak., Bachelor of Arts. University <?f Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich, Doctor of Jurisprudence. Special Assistant Atty General, N. Dakota, appointed 1928-1929.
Elected State's Attorney, Burleigh Company, N. Dakota, 1928, assumed office, since 1929.
Born in Bismarck, North Dakota, Register received an Bachelor of Arts from Jamestown College in 1923 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1926. He was a special assistant state attorney general of North Dakota from 1928 to 1929, and then a state"s attorney of Burleigh County, North Dakota from 1929 to 1953. He was in private practice in Bismarck from 1953 to 1955.
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He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 22, 1955, and received his commission on July 27, 1955. He served as chief judge from 1955 to 1971, assuming senior status on December 22, 1971. Register served in that capacity until his death in Bismarck the following year.