LaFayette Emmett

LaFayette Emmett
Chief Justice, Minnesota
In office
1858–1865
Nominated byHenry Hastings Sibley
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byThomas Wilson
Personal details
Born(1822-05-08)May 8, 1822
Mount Vernon, Ohio
DiedAugust 10, 1905(1905-08-10) (aged 83)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic

LaFayette Emmett (May 8, 1822 – August 10, 1905) was an American lawyer and an early leader in Minnesota law. He was the second attorney general of the Minnesota Territory from 1853 to 1858 and the first chief justice of the state supreme court, serving from 1858 to 1865.[1]

  1. ^ Porter, Lorle (2005). Politics & peril: Mount Vernon, Ohio in the Nineteenth Century. Equine Graphics Publishing Group. ISBN 1-887932-25-9.