John S. Hager

John Sharp Stein Hager ( * 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 U.S. Senate.

After the preliminary study on the school visit John Hager graduated in 1836 from the College of New Jersey, later Princeton University. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Morristown.

The gold rush attracted Hager 1849 how many men to California. Besides his work in the mining industry, he also operated a law firm in San Francisco. He also began to become politically active and took part in the 1849 Constitutional Convention of the future state. After joining the Union he belonged from 1852 to 1854 at the Senate of California, before he was elected in 1855 to the United States District Court Judge for the District of San Francisco and until 1861 remained in that post.

1865 Hager returned back to the state Senate, where he served again until 1871. In that year he became a member of the management committee ( Board of Regents ) of the University of California. Finally, in 1873 he was elected U.S. Senator. In Washington, he joined on 23 December this year to succeed the retiring Eugene Casserly. With the end of his term on March 3, 1875 Hager retired from the Senate.

After he had in 1879 one more time acting as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of California, Hager was appointed in 1885 as head of the customs authority (Collector of Customs ) in the port of San Francisco. He held this post until 1889 and died the following year.