Background
Hastings, William Granger was born on April 9, 1853 in Woodstock, Illinois, United States. Son of Carlisle and Hannah (Granger) Hastings.
Hastings, William Granger was born on April 9, 1853 in Woodstock, Illinois, United States. Son of Carlisle and Hannah (Granger) Hastings.
Country and Graded Schools. University of Chicago. Bachelor of Arts, 1876.
University of Nebraska, Doctor of Laws, 1925.
Went to Nebraska, 1876. Admitted to bar, 1877. Member Nebraska Senate, 1885-1887.
Democratic candidate for Congress, 1st Nebraska District, 1888. Prosecuting attorney, Saline Company, 1889. District judge 7th Judicial District, 1891-1900.
Supreme Court commissioner, 1901-1904. Democratic-Populist candidate for judge Supreme Court, Nebraska, 1904. Dean University of Nebraska Law School (resigned, 1920).
Acting chancellor University of Nebraska, 1918. Judge 4th Judicial District, Omaha, reëlected, 1924, 28, 32, and candidate for reëlection in 1936.
Member: American, Nebraska Bar Associations. American Economic Association Club: Athletic (Omaha, Nebraska).
Spouse Lizzie H. Hackley, October 20, 1880, Marengo, 111.