Serranus Clinton Hastings
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Serranus Clinton Hastings (1813 – 1893) was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California and founded the Hastings College of the Law in 1887 with his gift of $100,000. [1]
Preceded by None |
Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court January 1850 –January 1852 |
Succeeded by Henry A. Lyons |
Preceded by James A. McDougall |
Attorney General of California 1852 –1854 |
Succeeded by John R. McConnell |
[edit] References
- ^ Donna Domino, “Outgoing Dean Revitalized Troubled Hastings,” San Francisco Daily Journal, 6 April 2006