Albert H. Angstman

{{Short description|American judge (1888–1964)}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Albert H. Angstman

|office=Justice of the Montana Supreme Court

|term_start=1945

|term_end=1961

|predecessor=Albert Anderson

|successor=Stanley M. Doyle

|term_start2=1937

|term_end2=1942

|predecessor2=John A. Matthews

|successor2=Hugh R. Adair

|term_start3=January 1929

|term_end3=1934

|predecessor3=Albert P. Stark

|successor3=Claude F. Morris

|birth_date={{birth date|1888|3|23}}

|birth_place=near Farmington, Minnesota, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1964|2|29|1888|3|23}}

|spouse=Mary Frances Chirgwin

|children=3

|alma_mater=St. Paul College of Law

|profession=Judge

|allegiance=United States

|branch=United States Navy

|battles=World War I

}}

Albert H. Angstman (March 23, 1888 – February 29, 1964) was a justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1929 to 1934, again from 1937 to 1942, and again from 1945 to 1961.{{cite web|url=https://courts.mt.gov/external/library/docs/judgesbio2.pdf |title=Biographies and Histories of Montana's Justices, Judges, and Courts, 1865-2020|publisher=State Law Library of Montana|date=2020|quote=This work is in the public domain, reproduction and non-commercial distribution of this work are permitted with attribution.|page=11}}

Born on a farm near Farmington, Minnesota, he graduated from the St. Paul College of Law in 1912, and moved to Helena, Montana. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.

Angstman was a first assistant attorney general prior to being elected to the court in November 1928 to take office the following January."Supreme Court Members Don Robes Monday", Great Falls Tribune (December 28, 1944), p. 4. He left the court in 1935 to become secretary and attorney of the state railroad and state public service commission. He was again elected to the court in 1936, serving his second stint until 1943.

Angstman married Mary Frances Chirgwin, with whom he had three children.