Draft:Jesse B. Bridges

Jesse B. Bridges (1862 – 1927) was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1919 until his death in 1927.

JESSE B. BRIDGES of the Washington State Supreme bench, and formerly a practicing attorney of Aberdeen, Washington, is one of the best thought-of supreme jurists. Bridges is a native of Indiana, where he was born in 1862. From DePauw University he took his A. B. degree in 1885 and three years following was admitted to the bar. In 1890 Bridges located in Washington, and in 1895 and 1896 served Grays Harbor County as Prosecuting Attorney. He has also served as president of the Washington State Bar Association. In June, 1919, Bridges was named for the supreme bench by Governor Hart. Bridges was in active practice in Aberdeen for 28 years, part of which time he was senior member of the firm of Bridges & Bruener, and which was dissolved when he went on the bench. His appointment by the governor met with general approval among members of the bar throughout the entire state. In private practice he was exceptionally successful and served a clientele that was large and representative. In 1896 Bridges married Mary Smith.^[1]