Background
Orton, Harlow South was born on November 23, 1817 in Madison County, New York, United States. Son of Harlow N. and Grace (Marsh) Orton.
Orton, Harlow South was born on November 23, 1817 in Madison County, New York, United States. Son of Harlow N. and Grace (Marsh) Orton.
Attended Madison U. (now Colgate University), 1835-1837. Honorary Doctor of Laws University of Wisconsin, 1869.
Admitted to Indiana bar, 1838. Independent Democrat after 1854. Appointed probate judge Porter County by governor Indiana, 1843.
Private secretary to governor of Wisconsin, Leonard G. Farwell, 1853.
Member Wisconsin Assembly, 1854-1871. Retained as consul in case of attorney general ex relations Bashford versus Bastow, 1855.
Retained in so-called Granger case, attorney general versus Railroad Companies. Judge 9th Wisconsin Judicial Circuit, 1859-1865.
Elected member Wisconsin Legislature, 1869, 71.
Member committee which compiled Revised Statutes of State of Wisconsin, 1878. Dean law school University of Wisconsin, 1869-1874. Elected justice Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1878, chief justice, 1894-1895.
Member Wisconsin Assembly, 1854-1871. Member committee which compiled Revised Statutes of State of Wisconsin, 1878.
Married Elizabeth Cheney, July 5, 1839.