Morton Shelley Bailey (July 3, 1855 – March 16, 1922) was an American politician who served in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district from 1891 to 1893 and as an Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1909 to 1922.[1][2]
Morton Shelley Bailey | |
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 Shelley Bailey in 1917. | |
| Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court | |
| In office 1909–1922 | |
| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 14th district | |
| In office January 7, 1891 – January 3, 1893 | |
| Preceded by | Jason A. McCandless |
| Succeeded by | George E. Pease |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 3, 1855 Charleston Township, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 16, 1922 (aged 66) |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
Biography
editBorn in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, Bailey received an Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) academic degree from the Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1880, and was admitted to the Colorado Bar as a practicing attorney-at-law in 1882. Bailey married Lutie Wilkin in Denver in September 1888.[2] A decade later, he served as a judge of the Eleventh Judicial District of Colorado from 1892 to 1908.[2] Following Associate Justice Bailey's death in March 1922, then Governor of Colorado Oliver Henry Shoup appointed former justice John C. Campbell to the seat on the high court.[3] The current Fox News Channel cable television network, conservative political commentator and program host Jesse Watters is a descendant through his mother, Justice Bailey's great-granddaughter, Anne Purvis Bailey.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Steamboat Pilot August 30, 1916". Coloradohistoricnewspapers.org. 1916-08-30. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ^ a b c D. F. Stackelbeck, Bench & Bar of Colorado (1917), p. 47.
- ^ "John C. Campbell Is To Be State Justice", The Fort Collins Express (May 21, 1922), p. 12.
- ^ "A Fox host railed about 'some guy's uncle' immigrating to the US. So we poked around his family tree - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "Miss Anne Purvis Bailey Wed to Stephen Hapgood Walters". The New York Times. 30 August 1970.
- ^ "Fox News host and Philly native Jesse Watters' liberal mom is his most-frequent critic".