OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Judicial Departments Commissioners of Supreme Court page 139 S.P. DALTON (Democrat), Cape Girardeau. Was born on a farm in Vernon County, Missouri, sixteen miles from Nevada, November 16, 1892. In 1905, he moved to Nevada and attended high school, graduating in 1909. He then attended Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., and received his A.B. Degree, cum laude, in 1913. His graduate work was obtained at the University of Missouri, where he received his B.S. in Education and M.A., in 1914. He taught one term in high school at Flat River, Mo., then entered the University of Missouri Law School, where he received his LL.B. Degree in 1918, and was admitted to the Order of the Coif. In 1917, he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Missouri. >From June 1, 1918, to February 1, 1919, he served as assistant in the enforcement division (legal department) of the United States Food Administration for Missouri. In February, 1919, he opened a law office at Cape Girardeau, Mo., where he practiced three and one-half years, then became associated with Albert M. Spradling in the law firm of Spradling & Dalton. In January, 1933, Senator Russell L. Dearmont entered into the partnership, which became known as Dearmont, Spradling & Dalton, and the partnership continued until Judge Dalton was appointed Supreme Court Commissioner, April 12, 1939, for a four-year term. Shortly after graduation from the University of Missouri Law School, he married EDNA RUSK of Columbia, Mo. Mrs. Dalton is a graduate of the University of Missouri, where she received her A.B. in 1916, and her M.A. in 1917. They have four children, RUTH, 19; JANE, 17; JAMES, 11; and WILLIAM ANDREW, 5. Ruth is a student at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., and Jane, in the State Teachers College in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Served three terms as Prosecuting Attorney of Cape Girardeau County, 1927-1928, and 1931-1934. He is a member and past president of the Cape Girardeau County Bar Association, a member of the Missouri Bar Association and associate editor of the Missouri Bar Journal. He is a member of various Masonic bodies, I.O.O.F. and the Methodist Church, and, while attending the university, was a member of the Acacia Fraternity. Norma