John J. De Haven

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John J. De Haven

John Jefferson De Haven (born March 12, 1845 in Saint Joseph , Missouri , †  January 26, 1913 in Yountville , California ) was an American lawyer and politician . In 1889 and 1890 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives ; he later became a federal judge in the federal district court for the northern district of California.

Career

In 1853, John De Haven moved with his parents to Humboldt County , California. He attended the public schools in his new home and then completed an apprenticeship in the printing trade. He also worked in this profession for four years. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1866, he began to practice as a lawyer in Eureka . In 1867 he became a district attorney in Humboldt County. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1869 De Haven was elected to the California State Assembly ; from 1871 to 1875 he was a member of the State Senate . Between 1878 and 1880 he was a lawyer for the city of Eureka. In 1882 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . Instead, he became a Superior Court judge in Humboldt County in 1884 .

In the congressional election of 1888 , De Haven was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of California , where he succeeded Thomas Larkin Thompson on March 4, 1889 . He was able to exercise this mandate until his resignation on October 1, 1890. His resignation came after his appointment as a judge on the Supreme Court of California . Since 1897 he was William W. Morrow's successor at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California . John De Haven died in Yountville on January 26, 1913 and was buried in San Francisco . His judge's seat fell to Maurice Timothy Dooling .

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SURNAME De Haven, John J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Haven, John Jefferson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Joseph , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1913
Place of death Yountville , California