JUDGE JOHN R. ARNOLD.

JUDGE JOHN R. ARNOLD.
Judge John R. Arnold was elected to his present position in 1916 for a six years’ term, after having filled out the unexpired term of Judge Craig through appointment of Governor Kendrick. He was not unknown to Wyoming’s citizens at the time of his appointment, however, for he had filled various positions of public honor and trust, largely along professional lines, and had come to be recognized as one of the foremost lawyers of Wyoming. He was born in Rome, Ohio, March 29, 1858. In the paternal line he is descended from an early colonial family of Connecticut which removed to New York in 182o. His father, Franklin Luther Arnold, was born near Rochester, New York, September 8, 1825, and at a later period the family home was established in the Western Reserve of Ohio, where Franklin L. Arnold was reared and educated, pursuing a course of study at Oberlin College. He then entered the ministry and went as a missionary to western Africa, where in 1852, at Sierra Leone he was united in marriage to Marie Ramsauer, of Oldenburg, Germany. Her father, a native of Switzerland, was a pupil of Pestalozzi and became widely known as an educator and writer. In 1869 the family removed to Laramie, Wyoming, where the father became pastor of the Presbyterian church and his work has constituted a most potent force in the moral progress of Wyoming. His last years were spent in Salt Lake City, where he departed this life at the age of seventy-one years. Judge Arnold has been a resident of Wyoming for almost a half century, having accompanied his parents to this state in 1869, when a lad of but eleven years. After attending the public schools he spent the years from 1873 until 1875 as telegraph operator and agent on the Laramie division of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. In 1876 he accepted the position of agent and telegraph operator at Almy, Wyoming, where he continued until 1881. The following year he was made agent for the Pacific Express Company at Evanston and occupied that position for four years or until 1886. Thinking that such a career did not offer sufficient opportunity for advancement, he determined to concentrate his efforts and attention upon a profession and decided upon the law On the 25th of November, 1895, after thorough and careful preparation, he was admitted to the bar. He had been called to the office of county clerk in 1887 and was also ex-officio register of deeds, serving in that connection until 1895. During the succeeding two years he occupied the position of county treasurer. In the meantime he had pursued his law studies for three years under the direction of the Sprague Correspondence School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, and on the 25th of November, 1895, was admitted to practice at the Wyoming bar. On the 8th of July, 1902, he was admitted to practice in the United States district and circuit courts and on the 8th of February, 1904, was licensed to practice by the department of the interior. In 1900 he was chosen to the office of prosecuting attorney and acted as county and prosecuting attorney for four years. He followed his profession for a time as a partner in the law firm of Hamm & Arnold, which was accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage. His fellow townsmen have always appreciated Judge Arnold’s worth and his devotion to the public good and have again and again called upon him for active public service. In 1897 he was elected mayor of Evanston for a two years’ term and in the same year he became a trustee of the Evanston public schools, serving in this capacity for five years. He was also town attorney of Evanston for nine years. On the 27th of July, 1915, he entered upon his judicial duties. Added to an attractive personality, Judge Arnold brings to his work a sympathetic knowledge of human nature as a result of his broad experience with men, women and children who work under the varied conditions of western life. The judge who makes a success in the discharge of his multitudinous delicate duties is a man of well rounded character, finely balanced mind and of splendid intellectual attainments. That Judge Arnold is regarded as such a jurist is a uniformly accepted fact. On the 8th of July, 1885, in Evanston, Judge Arnold was married to Miss Sadie M. Davis, a lady of English descent, and they have become the parents of two sons and four daughters. The religious faith of Judge and Mrs. Arnold is that of the Presbyterian church. Judge Arnold belongs to that useful and helpful type of men whose ambitions and desires are centered and directed in those channels through which flows the greatest and most permanent good to the greatest number. Step by step he has advanced in his professional career until he has carved his name high on the keystone of the legal arch and is ranked among those whose work has gained fame for the judiciary of Wyoming.

Judge John R. Arnold was elected to his present position in 1916 for a six years’ term, after having filled out the unexpired term of Judge Craig through appointment of Governor Kendrick. He was not unknown to Wyoming’s citizens at the time of his appointment, however, for he had filled various positions of public honor and trust, largely along professional lines, and had come to be recognized as one of the foremost lawyers of Wyoming.
He was born in Rome, Ohio, March 29, 1858. In the paternal line he is descended from an early colonial family of Connecticut which removed to New York in 182o. His father, Franklin Luther Arnold, was born near Rochester, New York, September 8, 1825, and at a later period the family home was established in the Western Reserve of Ohio, where Franklin L. Arnold was reared and educated, pursuing a course of study at Oberlin College. He then entered the ministry and went as a missionary to western Africa, where in 1852, at Sierra Leone he was united in marriage to Marie Ramsauer, of Oldenburg, Germany. Her father, a native of Switzerland, was a pupil of Pestalozzi and became widely known as an educator and writer. In 1869 the family removed to Laramie, Wyoming, where the father became pastor of the Presbyterian church and his work has constituted a most potent force in the moral progress of Wyoming. His last years were spent in Salt Lake City, where he departed this life at the age of seventy-one years.
Judge Arnold has been a resident of Wyoming for almost a half century, having accompanied his parents to this state in 1869, when a lad of but eleven years. After attending the public schools he spent the years from 1873 until 1875 as telegraph operator and agent on the Laramie division of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. In 1876 he accepted the position of agent and telegraph operator at Almy, Wyoming, where he continued until 1881. The following year he was made agent for the Pacific Express Company at Evanston and occupied that position for four years or until 1886. Thinking that such a career did not offer sufficient opportunity for advancement, he determined to concentrate his efforts and attention upon a profession and decided upon the law On the 25th of November, 1895, after thorough and careful preparation, he was admitted to the bar. He had been called to the office of county clerk in 1887 and was also ex-officio register of deeds, serving in that connection until 1895. During the succeeding two years he occupied the position of county treasurer. In the meantime he had pursued his law studies for three years under the direction of the Sprague Correspondence School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, and on the 25th of November, 1895, was admitted to practice at the Wyoming bar. On the 8th of July, 1902, he was admitted to practice in the United States district and circuit courts and on the 8th of February, 1904, was licensed to practice by the department of the interior. In 1900 he was chosen to the office of prosecuting attorney and acted as county and prosecuting attorney for four years. He followed his profession for a time as a partner in the law firm of Hamm & Arnold, which was accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage.
His fellow townsmen have always appreciated Judge Arnold’s worth and his devotion to the public good and have again and again called upon him for active public service. In 1897 he was elected mayor of Evanston for a two years’ term and in the same year he became a trustee of the Evanston public schools, serving in this capacity for five years. He was also town attorney of Evanston for nine years. On the 27th of July, 1915, he entered upon his judicial duties. Added to an attractive personality, Judge Arnold brings to his work a sympathetic knowledge of human nature as a result of his broad experience with men, women and children who work under the varied conditions of western life. The judge who makes a success in the discharge of his multitudinous delicate duties is a man of well rounded character, finely balanced mind and of splendid intellectual attainments. That Judge Arnold is regarded as such a jurist is a uniformly accepted fact.
On the 8th of July, 1885, in Evanston, Judge Arnold was married to Miss Sadie M. Davis, a lady of English descent, and they have become the parents of two sons and four daughters. The religious faith of Judge and Mrs. Arnold is that of the Presbyterian church.
Judge Arnold belongs to that useful and helpful type of men whose ambitions and desires are centered and directed in those channels through which flows the greatest and most permanent good to the greatest number. Step by step he has advanced in his professional career until he has carved his name high on the keystone of the legal arch and is ranked among those whose work has gained fame for the judiciary of Wyoming.