Justice Benjamin D. Magruder

  • Born:
    September 27, 1838 in Natchez, MS
  • Education:

    University of Louisiana Law School, Yale University
  • Illinois Supreme Court Justice:
    1885-1906
  • Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice:
    1891-1892, 1896-1897, 1902-1903
  • Succeeded:
    Theophilus Lyle Dickey
  • Succeeded by:
    Orrin N. Carter
  • Represented:
    7th District (1885-1906)
  • Political Party
    Republican
  • Died:
    April 21, 1910 in Chicago, IL
  • Buried:
    Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
  • Notes:
    Portrait courtesy of the Illinois Supreme Court

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