Name Grover Broadfoot | Died 1962 | |
Grover Lee Broadfoot (December 27, 1892 – May 18, 1962) was a chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Born in Independence, Wisconsin, Broadfoot moved with his family to Mondovi, Wisconsin, where he graduated from high school. Broadfoot graduated from the University of Wisconsin, where he also received his law degree in 1918, and then enlisted in the army during World War I. Later he was the district attorney of Buffalo County, Wisconsin and was mayor of Mondovi, Wisconsin from 1943 to 1947. In 1947 he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly until June 5, 1948, when he resigned to become Attorney General of Wisconsin. He then resigned on November 12, 1948, when he was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. In 1962 he became chief justice, serving until his death. He died of a heart ailment in Minneapolis.