Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....KERWIN, JAMES C. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina S. Vickery tsvickery@gmail.com October 22, 2007, 1:09 am Author: Halford Erickson BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. MEMBERS OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. UNITED STATES. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT. JAMES C. KERWIN was born in the town of Menasha, Winnebago county, Wisconsin, May 4, 1850. He attended the common schools of the neighborhood and later the Menasha high school, from which he was graduated. He prepared himself for the practice of the law by a course of study in the law school of the University of Wisconsin, and was graduated In 1875. Returning to his native county, he opened an office in Neenah and has since been actively engaged in the profession. He was city attorney of Neenah for twelve years, and was appointed a member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin in 1901. In April, 1904, he was elected associate justice of the supreme court, and entered upon judicial duties in January, 1905. Additional Comments: Erickson, Halford. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1905. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1905/bios/kerwin357nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb