Background
Hailey, Thomas Griffin was born on July 13, 1865 in Louisiana Grande, Oregon, United States. Son of Honorary John and Louisa M. (Griffin) Hailey.
Hailey, Thomas Griffin was born on July 13, 1865 in Louisiana Grande, Oregon, United States. Son of Honorary John and Louisa M. (Griffin) Hailey.
After his birth the family moved to Boise, Idaho where Thomas received his primary education before he attended the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington (at the time both Washington and Idaho were territories).
He was the 35th Associate Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court in the United States. Prior to appointment to Oregon’s high court he served as a district attorney in Eastern Oregon and as mayor of Pendleton, Oregon. Also in Idaho Thomas’ father John was a politician, stage coach entrepreneur, the namesake for Hailey, Idaho, and served in Congress.
Thomas also then attended Washington and Lee University before returning to Pendleton.
The couple would have two daughters. Hailey served as both a district attorney in Pendleton for Oregon’s 6th Judicial District and as mayor of the town as a Democrat.
In 1903, the Governor of Oregon appointed him to a committee to help devise new laws concerning water rights in the state. On December 5, 1905, Hailey was appointed by Oregon Governor George Earle Chamberlain to the Oregon Supreme Court to replace Charles East. Wolverton who had resigned to take a federal court position.
After his time on the Supreme Court Hailey moved to Portland, Oregon, where he died on March 6, 1908.
Member of law firm Chamberlain, Thomas & Hailey.
Married Maud L. Beach, of Pendleton, Oregon, July 13, 1892.