After graduation from Hamilton College, continued legal studies in law office of Frank Hiscock, Syracuse, and was admitted to bar in N.Y. in 1874. Moved to Del Norte, Colorado in 1875.
The 1880 US Census shows him living in Del Norte, Rio Grande Co., CO, age 30, with an R.C. Hills, 32. Toll is a lawyer, and Hills, an Englishman, is a mining expert.
In 1876, at age of 26, elected county judge in Del Norte, and after 2 years was elected in 1878 to the Colorado House of Representatives. In 1879, was appointed assistant U.S. attorney for Colorado and in 1880 was elected attorney general of Colorado, on the Republican ticket, serving 1881-1883.
In October 1881, argued a case on Colorado's behalf before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case secured for the state its present capitol site (106 U.S.95). At the end of his term,
he gave up politics, opened a law office in Denver, continued an early interest in mining, acquiring various properties in Colorado and New Mexico (Cochiti mining
district), as well as in farming. Owned a 15,000 acre ranch north of Denver.
Member of the American, Colorado and Denver bar associations and the Denver Club, and a charter member of the University Club of Denver (president 1899-1900).
"Toll was a leading member of the bar in Colorado and a man of wide influence in his community. His high ethical standards, his generosity, hi s ready wit, and his
friendliness won respect and affection. One of his many friends was Eugene Field, who referred to him in various verses and stories. He worked hard and gave himself little time for recreation, but he liked to drive good horses and enjoyed the social life of Denver."
Bio provided by bwhitson1 on Ancestry, with thanks to Gone But Not Forgotten.
The 1880 US Census shows him living in Del Norte, Rio Grande Co., CO, age 30, with an R.C. Hills, 32. Toll is a lawyer, and Hills, an Englishman, is a mining expert.
In 1876, at age of 26, elected county judge in Del Norte, and after 2 years was elected in 1878 to the Colorado House of Representatives. In 1879, was appointed assistant U.S. attorney for Colorado and in 1880 was elected attorney general of Colorado, on the Republican ticket, serving 1881-1883.
In October 1881, argued a case on Colorado's behalf before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case secured for the state its present capitol site (106 U.S.95). At the end of his term,
he gave up politics, opened a law office in Denver, continued an early interest in mining, acquiring various properties in Colorado and New Mexico (Cochiti mining
district), as well as in farming. Owned a 15,000 acre ranch north of Denver.
Member of the American, Colorado and Denver bar associations and the Denver Club, and a charter member of the University Club of Denver (president 1899-1900).
"Toll was a leading member of the bar in Colorado and a man of wide influence in his community. His high ethical standards, his generosity, hi s ready wit, and his
friendliness won respect and affection. One of his many friends was Eugene Field, who referred to him in various verses and stories. He worked hard and gave himself little time for recreation, but he liked to drive good horses and enjoyed the social life of Denver."
Bio provided by bwhitson1 on Ancestry, with thanks to Gone But Not Forgotten.
After graduation from Hamilton College, continued legal studies in law office of Frank Hiscock, Syracuse, and was admitted to bar in N.Y. in 1874. Moved to Del Norte, Colorado in 1875.
The 1880 US Census shows him living in Del Norte, Rio Grande Co., CO, age 30, with an R.C. Hills, 32. Toll is a lawyer, and Hills, an Englishman, is a mining expert.
In 1876, at age of 26, elected county judge in Del Norte, and after 2 years was elected in 1878 to the Colorado House of Representatives. In 1879, was appointed assistant U.S. attorney for Colorado and in 1880 was elected attorney general of Colorado, on the Republican ticket, serving 1881-1883.
In October 1881, argued a case on Colorado's behalf before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case secured for the state its present capitol site (106 U.S.95). At the end of his term,
he gave up politics, opened a law office in Denver, continued an early interest in mining, acquiring various properties in Colorado and New Mexico (Cochiti mining
district), as well as in farming. Owned a 15,000 acre ranch north of Denver.
Member of the American, Colorado and Denver bar associations and the Denver Club, and a charter member of the University Club of Denver (president 1899-1900).
"Toll was a leading member of the bar in Colorado and a man of wide influence in his community. His high ethical standards, his generosity, hi s ready wit, and his
friendliness won respect and affection. One of his many friends was Eugene Field, who referred to him in various verses and stories. He worked hard and gave himself little time for recreation, but he liked to drive good horses and enjoyed the social life of Denver."
Bio provided by bwhitson1 on Ancestry, with thanks to Gone But Not Forgotten.
The 1880 US Census shows him living in Del Norte, Rio Grande Co., CO, age 30, with an R.C. Hills, 32. Toll is a lawyer, and Hills, an Englishman, is a mining expert.
In 1876, at age of 26, elected county judge in Del Norte, and after 2 years was elected in 1878 to the Colorado House of Representatives. In 1879, was appointed assistant U.S. attorney for Colorado and in 1880 was elected attorney general of Colorado, on the Republican ticket, serving 1881-1883.
In October 1881, argued a case on Colorado's behalf before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case secured for the state its present capitol site (106 U.S.95). At the end of his term,
he gave up politics, opened a law office in Denver, continued an early interest in mining, acquiring various properties in Colorado and New Mexico (Cochiti mining
district), as well as in farming. Owned a 15,000 acre ranch north of Denver.
Member of the American, Colorado and Denver bar associations and the Denver Club, and a charter member of the University Club of Denver (president 1899-1900).
"Toll was a leading member of the bar in Colorado and a man of wide influence in his community. His high ethical standards, his generosity, hi s ready wit, and his
friendliness won respect and affection. One of his many friends was Eugene Field, who referred to him in various verses and stories. He worked hard and gave himself little time for recreation, but he liked to drive good horses and enjoyed the social life of Denver."
Bio provided by bwhitson1 on Ancestry, with thanks to Gone But Not Forgotten.
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