Greeley W. Whitford

Greeley Webster Whitford
Whitford's portrait for the Colorado Bar Association
Chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
In office
1921–1931
Appointed byWilliam McKinley
Personal details
BornJune 5, 1856
Rockville, Indiana, US
DiedMay 6, 1940
Denver, Colorado, US
Resting placeFairmont Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
Spouse
Ida Spaulding
Edith F Kimball
RelationsClay B. Whitford (brother)
Children3
Parents
  • John Washington Whitford Sr (father)
  • Jane Harlan (mother)
EducationSimpson College, 1909
Alma materIowa Wesleyan
Occupation
Denver Assistant City Attorney 1889-1893
Denver District Attorney 1895-1897
United States District Attorney 1897-1901
Denver Assistant District Attorney 1905-1907
District Judge 1907-1913
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Colorado 1921-1929
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Colorado 1929-1931

Greeley Webster Whitford (June 5, 1856 – May 6, 1940) was a lawyer from Indiana State. After serving as Denver Assistant City Attorney and District Attorney from 1895 to 1896, he was appointed United States Attorney for Colorado by President William McKinley, and later served as an associate justice and chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.[1][2]

  1. ^ Stone, Wilbur Fiske (1918). History of Colorado. S.J. Clarke.
  2. ^ "New Colorado Attorney" Colorado Daily Chieftain (Pueblo, Pueblo County) April 16, 1897 Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, database w/images (https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org : accessed 8 Feb 2020)