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Author: James L. King (1905)

HON. ALFRED B. QUINTON.

    HON. ALFRED B. QUINTON is the senior member of the prominent law firm of
Quinton & Quinton, with offices in the Columbian Building, Topeka. The firm has
been in existence since 1885 and is made up of two brothers,— Alfred B. and
Eugene S. Quinton.

    Alfred B. Quinton was born in 1855 in Lee County, Iowa, and was educated in
Denmark Academy, where he was graduated in 1874. He then entered the law
department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated in
1876 with the degree of LL. B., and in the same year was admitted to the Supreme
Court of Michigan. Later he came to Topeka, Kansas, and was admitted by courtesy
to the Supreme Court here. Mr. Quinton entered into general practice and was
elected city attorney in 1881, which office he held for three consecutive years.
He practiced alone until 1885, when the firm of Quinton & Quinton was formed. In
1887 he was brought forward by the Republican party as its candidate for probate
judge. He was easily elected and continued on the bench until 1891, since which
year Judge Quinton has declined all office, devoting his attention entirely to
his large private practice. He has successfully handled some of the most
important cases in the State and is given high consideration by his associates
at the bar. Formerly he was very active in politics and served as chairman of
the Republican Central Committee of Shawnee County for a number of years.

    Judge Quinton was married to Georgia H. Hoffman, who was born in New York,
and they have three daughters and one son, all of whom are attending school.

    In all public-spirited enterprises in Topeka, Judge Quinton has been an
active and interested participant. He has been particularly active in bringing
about park improvements and was mainly instrumental in securing the park
commission and present park ordinance, which have resulted in so much added
attractiveness to the city, and he is now one of the park commissioners of the
city. The placing of the fountain in Hontoon Park was the direct result of his
efforts. He is, also, a friend of the public schools and advocates the securing
of the best of talent in the line of teachers, and the paying of salaries which
will secure instructors of ability. Since its organization, he has been a
director of the Humane Society and also of the Topeka Orphans' Home. In Masonry
he is a Knight Templar and a Scottish Rite Mason. He also belongs to the Woodmen
of the World.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.


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