Grover L. Broadfoot

Grover Lee Broadfoot (December 27, 1892 – May 18, 1962) was an American lawyer and judge from Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for thirteen years and was briefly Chief Justice for the last 5 months of his life.^[1] Earlier in his career, he had been the 30th Attorney General of Wisconsin, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Mayor of Mondovi, Wisconsin, and District Attorney of Buffalo County for twelve years.

The Honorable Grover L. Broadfoot
17th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In office January 1, 1962 – May 18, 1962
Preceded by	John E. Martin
Succeeded by	Timothy Brown
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In office November 12, 1948 – May 18, 1962
Appointed by	Oscar Rennebohm
Preceded by	Elmer E. Barlow
Succeeded by	Horace W. Wilkie
30th Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office June 5, 1948 – November 12, 1948
Appointed by	Oscar Rennebohm
Preceded by	John E. Martin
Succeeded by	Thomas E. Fairchild
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Buffalo and Pepin district
In office January 1, 1945 – June 5, 1948
Preceded by	David I. Hammergren
Succeeded by	Edmund Hitt
Mayor of Mondovi, Wisconsin
In office April 1943 – April 1947
District Attorney of Buffalo County
In office January 1, 1923 – January 1, 1935
Preceded by	Peter H. Urness
Succeeded by	Peter H. Urness
Personal details
Born	Grover Lee Broadfoot (1892-12-27)December 27, 1892 Independence, Wisconsin
Died	May 18, 1962(1962-05-18) (aged 69) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Resting place	Oak Park Cemetery Mondovi, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Margaret Marion Jacobi (m. 1925; died 1961)
Children	John Alexander Broadfoot
Parents	Alexander Broadfoot (father) Celia Eliza (Tillotson) Broadfoot (mother)
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1918
Battles/wars	World War I

Biography

Born in Independence, Wisconsin, Broadfoot moved with his family to Mondovi, Wisconsin, where he graduated from high school.^[2] Broadfoot graduated from the University of Wisconsin, where he also received his law degree in 1918, and then enlisted in the army during World War I.^[2] Later he was the district attorney of Buffalo County, Wisconsin and was mayor of Mondovi, Wisconsin from 1943 to 1947.^[2] In 1947 he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly until June 5, 1948, when he resigned to become Attorney General of Wisconsin.^[2] He then resigned on November 12, 1948, when he was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.^[2][3] In 1962 he became chief justice, serving until his death.^[4][5] He died of a heart ailment in Minneapolis.^[2]

Notes

1. "Celia Eliza Tillotson and Alexander Broadfoot".
2. "Chief Justice of State Dies in Minneapolis". The Post-Crescent. May 19, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved November 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
3. http://www.doj.state.wi.us/ag/wi.ags.asp ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "Broadfoot, Grover L. 1892". www.wisconsinhistory.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11.
5. "Wisconsin Court System - Grover L. Broadfoot". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

External links

• Grover Lee Broadfoot at Find a Grave

Legal offices
Preceded by John E. Martin	Attorney General of Wisconsin 1948	Succeeded by Thomas E. Fairchild
Preceded by Elmer E. Barlow	Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court 1948 – 1962	Succeeded by Horace W. Wilkie
Preceded by John E. Martin	Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court 1962	Succeeded by Timothy Brown