Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....OWEN, WALTER C. September 26, 1868 - 
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MEMBERS OF SUPREME COURT

WALTER C. OWEN was advanced to the Supreme court from the
office of Attorney General, which he held for five years. He
was born on a farm in the town of Trenton, Pierce county,
Sept. 26, 1868; educated in the common and high schools of
Pierce county, and graduated from the law department,
University of Wisconsin with the class of 1891. He immediately
began the practice of law in Superior, where he remained seven
years and then removed to Maiden Rock where he continued to
practice until elected attorney-general. He was elected to the
senate in 1907 without opposition to succeed James A. Frear
and was re-elected for a full term in 1908, again without
opposition. He was elected attorney-general in 1912 and re-
elected in 1914 and 1916, and was elected Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court in 1917.

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Additional Comments:
The Wisconsin Blue Book. The State Printing Board, 1923. 598 -
640. 

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