Charles E. Vanderburgh

Charles Edwin Vanderburgh (December 2, 1829 – March, 3, 1898) was an American jurist.

Charles E. Vanderburgh

Biography

Charles E. Vanderburgh was born in Saratoga County, New York on December 2, 1829.[1] He graduated from Yale University in 1852, then taught school and studied law in Oxford, New York. In 1856, Vanderburgh moved to Minnesota Territory and practiced law in Minneapolis. From 1860 to 1880, Vanderburgh served as a Minnesota district court judge. From 1882 to 1894, Vanderburgh served on the Minnesota Supreme Court. He then practiced law. Vanderburgh died in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2][3][4]

In 1903, funds from Vanderburgh's estate were bequeathed to the Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary to support the construction of the president's home on the seminary's campus.[5]

Notes
  1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. VI. James T. White & Company. 1896. p. 80. Retrieved November 25, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. Minnesota State Law Library-Charles E. Vanderburgh Archived August 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota-1893, Biographical Sketch of James E. Vanderburgh, pg. 555
  4. "Judge Vanderburgh Dead". Bismarck Daily Tribune. Minneapolis. March 5, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved November 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Hawley, Charles A. (1941) Fifty Years on the Nebraska Frontier: The history of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Omaha. Omaha, NE: Ralph Printing Co.


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