Background
Garrigues, James Edward was born on October 6, 1852 in Dearborn Company, Indiana, United States. Son of James Miller and Harriet (Tuthill) Garrigues.
Garrigues, James Edward was born on October 6, 1852 in Dearborn Company, Indiana, United States. Son of James Miller and Harriet (Tuthill) Garrigues.
Educated Moores Hill (Indiana) College, 1870-1871.
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1878. Practiced at Glenwood, Iowa, 1878-1883. Located at Greeley Colorado, 1883.
District attorney 8th Judicial District of Colorado, 2 terms, 1888-1894.
Appointed, March 26, 1903, elected, November, 1903, re-elected for full term of 6 years, November, 1906. Judge 8th Judicial District of Colorado.
Judge Supreme Court of the Colorado, term 1911-1921 (chief justice, January 14, 1919-January 12, 1921). Assistant district attorney City and County of Denver, 1921-1922.
Mason (Shriner), Odd. Club: Greeley (Greeley).
Married Clara L. Boehner, of Malvern, Iowa, May 3, 1880 (died 1896). Married second, Alice Roberts of Greeley, Colorado.