Tripp, Bartlett
lawyer, jurist, public official, was born July 15, 1839, in Harmony, Maine. In 1869 he moved to Yankton, S. D.; and in 1883 was a delegate to the first constitutional convention of the territory, and was elected president of that body. In 1883 he was elected president of the Bar association of the second judicial district; and in 1885 was elected first president of the Senatorial Bar association. In 1885 he was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of Dakota territory. au-