John J. De Haven

John Jefferson De Haven ( born March 12, 1849 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, † January 26, 1913 in Yountville, California ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1889 and 1890 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives; later he became a federal judge.

Career

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

In the congressional elections of 1888 De Haven was the first electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Larkin Thompson on March 4, 1889. This mandate he was able to exercise until his resignation on October 1, 1890. His resignation took place after his appointment as Judge of the Supreme Court of California. Since 1897 he was the successor of William W. Morrow judge at the Federal District Court for the northern part of his state. John De Haven died on 26 January 1913 in Yountville and was buried in San Francisco.