Chadwick, Stephen James, 1863-1931

Stephen James Chadwick was born in 1863 in Roseburg, Oregon. He was the son of Stephen Fowler Chadwick, who served as Oregon secretary of state and Oregon governor. Stephen James Chadwick received his academic training in Willamette University and University of Oregon. In 1885, he was admitted to the bar and moved to Colfax, Washington. From 1900 to 1908, Chadwick served as a Superior Court judge for Whitman County. He was elected to Washington Supreme Court in 1908 and served until 1919, when he resigned to take up private practice in Seattle. He died in 1931.

Stephen James Chadwick (April 28, 1863 – November 19, 1931) was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1908 to 1919, serving as chief justice in 1919. son of Oregon politician and lawyer Stephen F. Chadwick.[1] Chadwick was the Superior Court Judge for Whitman County, Washington from 1900 to 1908, when he was elected to the state supreme court. He was reelected in 1914, defeating a challenge from Edgar G. Mills.[2] served until 1919, when he resigned to return to private practice in Seattle, focusing on corporation and probate law, and procedural matters in the law firm of Chadwick, McMicken, Ramsey & Rupp.[3]

Personal life and death
In 1887, Chadwick married Emma Plummer, with whom he had four children.[3] In 1915, Emma led a design committee formed by the Daughters of the American Revolution to design a new flag of Washington.[4] Chadwick's son Stephen Fowler Chadwick ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1926 and the United States Senate in 1932 and 1940.[5]

Chadwick died in Seattle at the age of 68.[1]