Ambrose Tighe

[2] His father James was also a lawyer, educated at New York University, although he did not practice extensively, focusing instead on a career in business.

[2] Tighe attended preparatory school at Adelphi Academy and in 1879 graduated from Yale University,[2] where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa[3] and the Skull and Bones secret society.

[2] After further reading law in New York City, Tighe moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1886,[2] where he embarked upon an impressive career.

[citation needed] Tighe was very well-connected, considered to be one the social elites in St. Paul at the turn of the twentieth century.

One of his many affiliations was with The Informal Club, a small organization whose members included James J. Hill, Cass Gilbert, Judge Walter Henry Sanborn, General Wesley Merritt, Congressman Thomas Wilson, and Justice William B.