William M. Maltbie, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

William M. Maltbie

American politician

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1880

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1961

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About William M. Maltbie

  • William Mills Maltbie (born Granby, Connecticut, March 10, 1880; died in Granby December 15, 1961) was a lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Maltbie was the son of Theodore Mills Maltbie (1842–1915), a prominent lawyer and politician who served three terms in the General Assembly and two in the state senate.
  • William Maltbie was educated at Hartford Public High School, Yale (class of 1901), and Yale Law School (class of 1905).
  • On graduation he was admitted to the bar and joined his father's practice in Hartford.
  • He lived in Granby for all of his life, commuting to Hartford when necessary. Maltbie served as one of Granby's representatives in the General Assembly in 1913.
  • In 1914 he was appointed assistant state's attorney for Hartford County, where he met Hugh M.
  • Alcorn, the state's attorney, who became a lifelong friend.
  • While still assistant state's attorney, Maltbie served as Governor Marcus H.
  • Holcomb's executive secretary from 1915-7.
  • In 1917 Governor Holcomb appointed him to the Superior Court.
  • In 1925 he was raised to the Connecticut Supreme Court (then officially called the "Supreme Court of Errors"); in 1930 he became Chief Justice.
  • He held that position until 1950 when he reached the judicial retirement age of 70.
  • Following his retirement from the bench he served as a state referee and conducted two one-man grand jury investigations, in 1951 and 1954. Maltbie published two editions of Connecticut Appelate Procedure during his lifetime; he completed a supplement to it in the last years of his life and it was published posthumously. Maltbie did extensive work with the Boy Scouts of America (as a member of the national council), the YMCA, the Probation Association, the Connecticut Prison Association (long-time president), the Connecticut Opera Association (president), the Greater Hartford Federation of Churches (president), and other charitable and non-profit organizations. He was awarded honorary degrees in law from many colleges and universities: Yale (1933), Trinity College (1934), Elon College (1941), Boston University (1942), and the University of Hartford (then "Hillyer College") (1955).Maltbie married Mary L.
  • Hamlin in 1917; their only son, Theodore Mills Maltbie, became a lawyer himself.

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