Given the question: Facts: - death place: berkeley , california - order: 14th - successor: william h. beatty - death date: 27 april 1907 - predecessor: robert f. morrison - office: chief justice of california - spouse: mary corinthia niles - nominator: washington bartlett - birth date: 22 december 1825 - name: niles searls - image: niles searles.jpg - birth place: coeymans , new york - termstart: april 1887 - termend: 1889 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of niles searls .
The answer is:
niles searls -lrb- december 22 , 1825april 27 , 1907 -rrb- was an attorney , politician , and the chief justice of california .