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{{Short description|American judge (1860–1923)}}

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Clinton Alexander Galbraith (March 6, 1860 – May 27, 1923)"Judge Galbraith, Former Associate Justice Here, Dies", Honolulu Star-Bulletin (May 28, 1923), p. 1.Joseph B. Thoburn and Muriel H. Wright, Oklahoma, A History of the State and Its People, Vol. IV (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1929), [https://genealogytrails.com/oka/pontotoc/bios3.html p. 553-555, transcribed by Susan Geist]. was a justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Hawaii from June 30, 1900 to June 15, 1904.{{cite web |url= http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/import/import/Government%20Office%20Holders%20-%20Name%20IMJ/G/Galbraith,%20Clinton%20L.jpg |title=Galbraith, Clinton L. office record|work=state archives digital collections |publisher=state of Hawaii |accessdate= 2014-12-22}}

{{quote|Clinton A. Galbraith, assistant attorney general of Oklahoma and former justice of the supreme court of Hawaii, died suddenly here last night.

Clinton Alexander Galbraith was a resident of the islands from 1898 to 1904, and was a member of the supreme court during the latter four years of that period. He was born at Hartsville, Indiana, in 1860, studied law at the University of Michigan, and was admitted to the bar in 1885. He practised law in Oklahoma, then a territory and became attorney general in 1893. After the expiration of his term in that office, he moved to Hawaii, engaging in practise as a partner of J. A. Magoon. Latef he practised in Hilo. He became associate justice in 1900, serving until 1904. Later he returned to Oklahoma, where he served as supreme court commissioner, presiding judge of the second division, and more recently assistant attorney general. In politics Judge Galbraith was a Democrat.}}