Hennepin County Attorney
C-2000 Government Center
300 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55487

General Info:
612-348-5550
citizeninfo@co.hennepin.mn.us

Hennepin County Attorney's Office History

W. E. Hale

Hennepin County Attorney 1879-1883

W.E. Hale  served as a private in the Civil War when he was just 15 years old, studied law at Hamline University and was admitted to the Bar in 1869. Ten years later he became the Hennepin County Attorney, was later appointed to the Hennepin County District Court in 1909 where he served until his death on July 13, 1922.
 

Robert Jamison

Hennepin County Attorney 1889-1891

Robert Jamison was Born in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1858. Jamison graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1880 and was appointed as assistant county attorney eight years later in 1888.

 

 

 Louis R. Thian

Hennepin County Attorney 1891-1893

 

 

 Frank M. Nye

Hennepin County Attorney 1893-1897

Frank M. Nye was born in Shirley, Maine in 1852. He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and was later elected Polk County District Attorney. Nye was initially appointed as an assistant Hennepin County attorney under Robert Jamison. Nye went on to serve 3 terms in Congress in the House of Representatives.

 

 

 James Peterson

Hennepin County Attorney 1897-1899

 
 

Louis A. Reed

Hennepin County Attorney 1899-1901

 

Frederick Boardman

Hennepin County Attorney 1901-1905