Milo A. Root

He was appointed by Governor Albert E. Mead to a newly created seat on the court.

He was probate judge and prosecuting attorney for two terms in each position in Olympia, Washington, and was appointed to the supreme court by Governor Albert E. Mead in 1905.

Last aututnn, when Root sought election as superior judgis of King county, the Seattle Bar association, adopted resolutions disapproving his candidacy and reviewing the events of 1908.

[2] Root nevertheless claimed that his resignation was prompted by accusations of wrongdoing against a fellow justice with whom Root had a close friendship, saying "any reflection upon any member casts a cloud upon the entire court; and I do not wish to be the means of casting any such cloud even in the slightest degree".

[4] Root died in Seattle at the age of 54 following a three-week illness culminating in a bout of pneumonia.

Root as a Justice, in a campaign image for his 1908 reelection campaign