Draft:Benjamin J. Waters
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Benjamin J. Waters (–) was a justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court from 1870 to 1871.[1]
"One term was also enough for Benjamin J. Waters, appointed April 1870. The constant traveling through unsettled country, inhabited by hostile Indians, was too arduous; he returned East".[2]
Waters was from Ray County, Missouri, and served in the Missouri state legislature.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Anderson, George B. (1907). History of New Mexico: its resources and people. Vol. 1. Los Angeles: Pacific States Pub. Co. OCLC 1692911.
- ^ Weihofen, Henry. "New Mexico : The Territorial and District Courts" (PDF). Tenth Circuit Historical Society. Historical Society of the Tenth Judicial Circuit. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ "100 Years Ago: From the files of The New Mexican for April 30, 1870", The Santa Fe New Mexican (April 30, 1970), p. 10.
Category:Justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court
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