William Cary Van Fleet

William Cary Van Fleet
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
In office
April 2, 1907 – September 3, 1923
Nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Frank Henry Kerrigan
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
In office
May 7, 1894 – January 3, 1899
Appointed by Governor Henry Markham
Preceded by Van R. Paterson
Succeeded by Walter Van Dyke
Personal details
Born (1852-03-24)March 24, 1852
Maumee, Ohio, U.S.
Died September 3, 1923(1923-09-03) (aged 71)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Spouse(s) Mary Isabella Carey (m. 1877; death 1878)
Lizzie Eldridge Crocker (m. 1887)

William Cary Van Fleet (March 24, 1852 – September 3, 1923) was a United States federal judge and an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.

Biography

Born in Maumee, Ohio, in 1869 Van Fleet came to California.[1] He read law in the offices of H. O. Beatty, and entered the bar in 1873.[1] He was an assistant district attorney of Sacramento County, California from 1878 to 1879. He was a California State Assemblyman from 1881 to 1882, and was the Director of California State Prisons from 1883 to 1884. He was a judge of the Superior Court of California from 1884 to 1892, and was appointed by Governor Henry Markham an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California, serving from May 7, 1894, to January 3, 1899.[1] In November 1898, he ran on the Republican and United Labor Party ticket for another term but lost the election to Democratic Walter Van Dyke.[2][3] After stepping down from the court, he practiced in the firm of Mastic, Belcher, Van Fleet & Mastick.[1]

On April 2, 1907, Van Fleet received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California created by 34 Stat. 1253.[4] Formally nominated on December 3, 1907, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1907, and received his commission the same day. Van Fleet served until his death.

Personal life

Van Fleet married twice. On April 12, 1877, he married Mary Isabella Carey, who died in Sacramento on February 14, 1878.[5] After her death, he married Lizzie Eldridge Crocker in San Francisco on January 19, 1887.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "It Is Van Fleet". San Francisco Call (75 (131)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 30 April 1894. p. 8. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "The State Ticket". Evening Sentinel (3 (121)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 21 October 1898. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Official Vote Count on State Ticket". Marin Journal (38 (41)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 22 December 1898. p. 1. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Van Fleet Takes Oath and Becomes a Judge". San Francisco Call (101 (132)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 11 April 1907. p. 9. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Died". Sacramento Daily Union (3 (306)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 15 February 1878. p. 2. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Weddings". Daily Alta California (42 (13659)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 23 January 1887. p. 7. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

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See also

Legal offices
Preceded by
new seat		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
1907–1923 		Succeeded by
Frank Henry Kerrigan
Preceded by
Van R. Paterson		 Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
1894–1899 		Succeeded by
Walter Van Dyke
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