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Cecil J. Siddall (March 2, 1894 – July 1, 1986),[1] of Sanford, Maine, was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from May 7, 1958 until his resignation on February 27, 1965.


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A graduate of Sanford High School and the University of Maine College of Law Siddall became a lawyer in 1916.[1]

[E]ducated at Sanford High School and graduated with a law degree from the University of Maine School of Law in 1916. He was the only attorney admitted to the York County Bar in 1916. He enlisted in the United States Army during World War I and served as an ordnance sergeant.[3]

He served in the Maine House of Representatives in 1923.[3]

Siddall was named a Superior Court justice by Governor Burton M. Cross in 1953 and elevated to the state supreme court by Governor Edmund Muskie in 1958.[1]

Siddall died at the Veterans Administration hospital in Togus, Maine, at the age of 92.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "Cecil J. Siddall, retired judge", The Bangor Daily News (July 2, 1986), p. 10.
  2. ^ "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices". Maine State Legislature. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
1958–1965 		Succeeded by


Category:1894 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

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