Aad John Vinje (November 10, 1857 - March 23, 1929) was a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He served as a Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1922 to 1929.
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Aad John Vinje was born on the Vinje farm (Winje nedre) in Vangen parish in Voss, Hordaland county, Norway. [1] He came to the United States during 1869 with his parents, Mons Knudsen and Ingeborg Davidsdatter Vinje, together with his four siblings when he was 12 years old. [2]
His family settled in Marshall County, Iowa, where he attended Iowa College (now Grinnell College) at Grinnell, Iowa, during the period 1873-1874, and Northwestern University at Des Moines, Iowa from 1874 until 1875. [3]
Vinje earned his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School (B.A., 1884; LL.B., 1887). While in school, he worked in the State Law Library. Vinje served as assistant Supreme Court reporter until 1891, when he established a law office in Superior, Wisconsin. In 1895, Vinje was appointed judge for the 11th Wisconsin Judicial Circuit where he served until 1910. He won election to 10-year terms on the Supreme Court in 1911 and 1921. Upon the death of Chief Justice Robert G. Siebecker in February 1922, Vinje became the Chief Justice, a position he occupied until his death in 1929. [4] [5] [6]