Background
Dalton, Sidna Poage was born on November 16, 1892 in near Nevada, Missouri, United States. Son of Frederick Andrew and Ida (Poage) Dalton.
Dalton, Sidna Poage was born on November 16, 1892 in near Nevada, Missouri, United States. Son of Frederick Andrew and Ida (Poage) Dalton.
Bachelor of Arts, Westminster College, 1913, Doctor of Laws, 1961. Bachelor of Science, University Missouri, 1914, Master of Arts, 1914, Bachelor of Laws, 1918.
Teacher, Flat River (Missouri) High School, 1914-1915. Assistant enforcement division United States Food Administration for Missouri, 1918. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1917.
Practiced at Cape Girardeau, 1919-1939.
Member firm Spradling & Dalton, 1923-1932, Dearmont, Spradling & Dalton, 1933-1939. Prosecuting attorney, Cape Girardeau County, 1927-1928, 1931-1934.
Commissioner Supreme Court Missouri, 1939-1949, The American Association Foreign Justice, 1950-1956, 58—, chief justice, 1956-1958.
Member American, Missouri Bar Associations, Phi Alpha Delta, Order of Coif, Acacia.
Married Edna Rusk, August 3, 1918. Children: Ruth (Mistress Arnold South. Anderson, Junior.