# James H. Quinn *American jurist who served on the Minnesota District Court and the Minnesota Supreme Court* James H. Quinn (June 23, 1857 – February 15, 1930) was an American jurist who sat on the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] from 1917 until he retired in 1928.[^1] Before that he was a [[Minnesota]] District Court judge from 1897 to 1916. Earlier still, in 1888, he was elected [[county attorney]] of [[Faribault County, Minnesota]].[^1] Quinn was born in Kilbourn City, Wisconsin. He came to Minnesota as a child in 1863, when his parents moved to a farm in [[Blue Earth County, Minnesota]].[^1] He read law in Mapleton, Minnesota, and was admitted to the Minnesota bar at [[Mankato]] in 1885.[^1] The source cited here lists no opinion he wrote or case he heard on either bench.[^1] ## Early life and education Quinn was born on June 23, 1857, in Kilbourn City, Wisconsin.[^1] In 1863 he moved with his parents to a farm in Blue Earth County.[^1] He completed his studies at an academy in Poynette, Wisconsin, in 1880.[^1] ## Legal career After the academy, Quinn studied law in Mapleton. He was admitted to practice in Minnesota in 1885, at Mankato.[^1] Faribault County voters chose him as county attorney in 1888.[^1] He also served as a director of the First National Bank of Wells, in Wells, Minnesota. The source gives no dates for that service.[^1] ## Judicial career Quinn held a judgeship on the Minnesota District Court from 1897 to 1916.[^1] His service on the Minnesota Supreme Court began in 1917 and ended with his retirement in 1928.[^1] The source does not say whether he reached either bench by election or by appointment.[^1] ## Death Quinn died on February 15, 1930, at his home in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]. The source gives the cause as heart problems.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - James H. Quinn, American jurist.[^1] ### What - County attorney of Faribault County, Minnesota (elected 1888).[^1] - Minnesota District Court judge (1897–1916).[^1] - Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1917–1928).[^1] - Director, First National Bank of Wells (dates not given).[^1] ### When - Born June 23, 1857; died February 15, 1930.[^1] - Admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1885.[^1] - Supreme Court service from 1917 until retirement in 1928.[^1] ### Where - Born in Kilbourn City, Wisconsin; moved to a farm in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, in 1863.[^1] - Studied law in Mapleton, Minnesota; admitted to the bar in Mankato, Minnesota.[^1] - Died at his home in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia, *James H. Quinn* (revision 1367333841, retrieved 2026-10-26) — birth and death dates and places, education, bar admission, county attorney election, District Court and Supreme Court service, bank directorship, and cause and place of death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Quinn