Grover Lee Broadfoot was born December 27, 1892 in Independence, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, son of Andrew and Celia Eliza (Tillotson) Broadfoot. The family soon moved to Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Son of a country doctor who died when Grover was only 11 years of age, he was educated in the local schools.
He worked for three years after finishing high school in order to save enough money to enter the University of Wisconsin. At Madison he worked to pay his way. He worked as a bellhop and after as an editorial assistant at a Madison newspaper. He was elected editor-in-chief of the Badger, the university yearbook, which in those days allowed its student managers to keep a part of advertising and subscription income as commissions. Among other things, he worked as a member of the old Madison Democrat for two years, taking the press association "pony" telephone report and transcribing it for the printers. He earned a law degree and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1918, but did not practice law until he completed service in the U.S Army during World War I.
After the war, Mr. Broadfoot became active in public service. He was the Buffalo County district attorney from 1923-1935, Mondovi city attorney for 20 years and mayor of Mondovi from 1943-1947. He was also president of Mondovi State Bank.
He married Margaret Jacobi on December 29, 1925 in Mondovi. Grover and Margaret had one child, John Alexander Broadfoot.
Mr. Broadfoot was appointed by Governor Julius P. Heil to the Wisconsin Board of Tax Appeals in 1939, but resigned in 1943. A year later, he was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature. He served in the Assembly until his appointment as Wisconsin attorney general in 1948. He lost the primary election for attorney general later that year, but was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on November 12, 1948, succeeding deceased Justice Elmer E. Barlow. He was elected to the Supreme Court in 1952 and re-elected in 1955.
Following the retirement of Chief Justice John E. Martin, Mr. Broadfoot became chief justice in January 1962. In early May, he revealed that his vision was so impaired that he was unable to read the mandate in a case in which he had written the opinion. He left the bench and never returned.
Grover Lee Broadfoot died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 18, 1962. He is buried in Oak Park Cemetery, in Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
He worked for three years after finishing high school in order to save enough money to enter the University of Wisconsin. At Madison he worked to pay his way. He worked as a bellhop and after as an editorial assistant at a Madison newspaper. He was elected editor-in-chief of the Badger, the university yearbook, which in those days allowed its student managers to keep a part of advertising and subscription income as commissions. Among other things, he worked as a member of the old Madison Democrat for two years, taking the press association "pony" telephone report and transcribing it for the printers. He earned a law degree and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1918, but did not practice law until he completed service in the U.S Army during World War I.
After the war, Mr. Broadfoot became active in public service. He was the Buffalo County district attorney from 1923-1935, Mondovi city attorney for 20 years and mayor of Mondovi from 1943-1947. He was also president of Mondovi State Bank.
He married Margaret Jacobi on December 29, 1925 in Mondovi. Grover and Margaret had one child, John Alexander Broadfoot.
Mr. Broadfoot was appointed by Governor Julius P. Heil to the Wisconsin Board of Tax Appeals in 1939, but resigned in 1943. A year later, he was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature. He served in the Assembly until his appointment as Wisconsin attorney general in 1948. He lost the primary election for attorney general later that year, but was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on November 12, 1948, succeeding deceased Justice Elmer E. Barlow. He was elected to the Supreme Court in 1952 and re-elected in 1955.
Following the retirement of Chief Justice John E. Martin, Mr. Broadfoot became chief justice in January 1962. In early May, he revealed that his vision was so impaired that he was unable to read the mandate in a case in which he had written the opinion. He left the bench and never returned.
Grover Lee Broadfoot died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 18, 1962. He is buried in Oak Park Cemetery, in Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
Grover Lee Broadfoot was born December 27, 1892 in Independence, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, son of Andrew and Celia Eliza (Tillotson) Broadfoot. The family soon moved to Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Son of a country doctor who died when Grover was only 11 years of age, he was educated in the local schools.
He worked for three years after finishing high school in order to save enough money to enter the University of Wisconsin. At Madison he worked to pay his way. He worked as a bellhop and after as an editorial assistant at a Madison newspaper. He was elected editor-in-chief of the Badger, the university yearbook, which in those days allowed its student managers to keep a part of advertising and subscription income as commissions. Among other things, he worked as a member of the old Madison Democrat for two years, taking the press association "pony" telephone report and transcribing it for the printers. He earned a law degree and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1918, but did not practice law until he completed service in the U.S Army during World War I.
After the war, Mr. Broadfoot became active in public service. He was the Buffalo County district attorney from 1923-1935, Mondovi city attorney for 20 years and mayor of Mondovi from 1943-1947. He was also president of Mondovi State Bank.
He married Margaret Jacobi on December 29, 1925 in Mondovi. Grover and Margaret had one child, John Alexander Broadfoot.
Mr. Broadfoot was appointed by Governor Julius P. Heil to the Wisconsin Board of Tax Appeals in 1939, but resigned in 1943. A year later, he was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature. He served in the Assembly until his appointment as Wisconsin attorney general in 1948. He lost the primary election for attorney general later that year, but was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on November 12, 1948, succeeding deceased Justice Elmer E. Barlow. He was elected to the Supreme Court in 1952 and re-elected in 1955.
Following the retirement of Chief Justice John E. Martin, Mr. Broadfoot became chief justice in January 1962. In early May, he revealed that his vision was so impaired that he was unable to read the mandate in a case in which he had written the opinion. He left the bench and never returned.
Grover Lee Broadfoot died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 18, 1962. He is buried in Oak Park Cemetery, in Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
He worked for three years after finishing high school in order to save enough money to enter the University of Wisconsin. At Madison he worked to pay his way. He worked as a bellhop and after as an editorial assistant at a Madison newspaper. He was elected editor-in-chief of the Badger, the university yearbook, which in those days allowed its student managers to keep a part of advertising and subscription income as commissions. Among other things, he worked as a member of the old Madison Democrat for two years, taking the press association "pony" telephone report and transcribing it for the printers. He earned a law degree and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1918, but did not practice law until he completed service in the U.S Army during World War I.
After the war, Mr. Broadfoot became active in public service. He was the Buffalo County district attorney from 1923-1935, Mondovi city attorney for 20 years and mayor of Mondovi from 1943-1947. He was also president of Mondovi State Bank.
He married Margaret Jacobi on December 29, 1925 in Mondovi. Grover and Margaret had one child, John Alexander Broadfoot.
Mr. Broadfoot was appointed by Governor Julius P. Heil to the Wisconsin Board of Tax Appeals in 1939, but resigned in 1943. A year later, he was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature. He served in the Assembly until his appointment as Wisconsin attorney general in 1948. He lost the primary election for attorney general later that year, but was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on November 12, 1948, succeeding deceased Justice Elmer E. Barlow. He was elected to the Supreme Court in 1952 and re-elected in 1955.
Following the retirement of Chief Justice John E. Martin, Mr. Broadfoot became chief justice in January 1962. In early May, he revealed that his vision was so impaired that he was unable to read the mandate in a case in which he had written the opinion. He left the bench and never returned.
Grover Lee Broadfoot died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 18, 1962. He is buried in Oak Park Cemetery, in Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
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