Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....MARSHALL, ROUJET D.
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Author: Beck, J. D.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.

ROUJET D. MARSHALL, LL. D., Lawrence University, 1904, and
LL. D., University of Wisconsin, 1905, was born December
27th, 1847, in Nashua, N. H. His paternal ancestors,
Marshalls and Bmersons, came to this country from England
about 1685 and settled at Boston, Mass. His maternal
ancestors, Dodges and Pitkins came likewise from England
about 1635, the Dodges settling near Boston and the
Pitkins at Hartford, Conn. He came to Wisconsin with his
parents who settled at Delton, Sauk county, Wisconsin, in
1854. He was educated in the common schools of his town,
the Delton Academy, Baraboo Collegiate Institute and
Lawrence University. He commenced the study of law at 17,
pursuing the same, partly with his school work, till he
was 24, when he was admitted to the bar, commenced
practicing law in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa county,
Wisconsin, and so continued till he became Circuit Judge.
He was appointed County Judge of Chippewa county by
Governor Ludington in 1876, holding the office under the
appointment and a subsequent election, six years; member
of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin,
1884-1888; elected Circuit Judge of the Eleventh circuit
in 1888, and re-elected in 1894; appointed to the Supreme
Bench by Governor Upham, 1895, to succeed Chief Justice
Harlow S. Orton, deceased, elected to that office in 1898
for the unexpired term of the deceased Chief Justice, re-
elected for a term of ten years in 1897 and re-elected for
a like term in 1907.

Additional Comments:
Beck, J. D. . The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin.
Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1909.

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