Edgar Winters Hillyer

Who was Edgar Winters Hillyer?

Edgar Winters Hillyer was a United States federal judge.

Hillyer was born in Granville, Ohio and attended Denison University. He read law to enter the bar in 1856 and was in private practice in Placer County, California from 1856 to 1861. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army from 1861 to 1865 and in the JAG Corps, Department of the Pacific from 1865 to 1866. He returned to private practice in Nevada in 1866 and was District Attorney of Storey County, Nevada from 1866 to 1869.

Hillyer was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He was nominated by President Ulysses Grant on December 15, 1869 to a seat vacated by Alexander W. Baldwin and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1869. He received his commission the same day and served in that capacity until May 10, 1882, due to his death.

He died in Carson City, Nevada.