Experience Estabrook was an American attorney and legal administrator. He was the third attorney general of Wisconsin and the first United States attorney for the Nebraska Territory.
Occupation
lawyer, politician
Position held
member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Attorney General of Wisconsin
Citizenship
United States
Born
April 30, 1813
Died
March 26, 1894
Overview
Experience Estabrook (April 30, 1813 March 26, 1894) was an American attorney and legal administrator. He was the 3rd attorney general of Wisconsin and the 1st United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory.
Biography
Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, he moved with his parents to Clarence, New York, in 1822 where he attended the public schools. Estabrook then attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Law School, and then was admitted to the bar in Brooklyn, New York in 1839. He worked as a clerk at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn and later practiced law in Buffalo, New York. In 1840, he moved to Geneva, Wisconsin in 1840 and continued the practice of law. Estabrook was a delegate to the second Wisconsin State Constitutional Convention in 1848; in 1851, he became a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He was Attorney General of Wisconsin in 1852 and 1853.
Estabrook was appointed as United States Attorney, by President Franklin Pierce, for the Nebraska Territory and served from 1855 to 1859.
