John S. Hager

John S. Hager

John Sharpenstein Hager (born March 12, 1818 in Morristown , New Jersey , †  March 19, 1890 in San Francisco ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of California in the US Senate .

After attending the preparatory school, John Hager graduated from the College of New Jersey , later Princeton University, in 1836 . He then studied law , was inducted into the bar in 1840 and began practicing in Morristown.

The gold rush lured Hager like many men to California in 1849. In addition to his mining activities, he also ran a law firm in San Francisco. He also began to be politically active and in 1849 took part in the constitutional convention of the future state. After joining the Union, he was a member of the California Senate from 1852 to 1854 before being elected federal district judge for the San Francisco Judicial District in 1855, where he remained until 1861.

In 1865 Hager returned to the State Senate, to which he belonged again until 1871. That year he became a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California . Finally, in 1873, he was elected US Senator. In Washington on December 23 of this year, he succeeded the resigned Eugene Casserly . With the end of his term of office on March 3, 1875, Hager left the Senate.

After serving as a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention in 1879, Hager was appointed Head of Customs ( Collector of Customs ) in the port of San Francisco in 1885. He held this post until 1889 and died the following year.

Web links

• John S. Hager in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John S. Hager in the database of Find a Grave (English)