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john j. de haven

john jefferson de haven -lrb- march 12 , 1849 -- january 26 , 1913 -rrb- was a u.s. representative and a united states federal judge from california .
born in st. joseph , buchanan county , missouri , de haven moved to california in 1853 with his parents , who settled in humboldt county .
he became a printer , and pursued that vocation for four years before studying law .
he was admitted to the bar of the district court in humboldt in 1866 and commenced practice at eureka , california from 1866 to 1867 .
he was a district attorney of humboldt county , california from 1867 to 1869 .
he was a california state representative from 1869 to 1871 and a california state senator from 1871 to 1875 .
he returned to private practice in eureka from 1875 to 1884 .
he was the city attorney there from 1878 to 1880 .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1882 to the forty-eighth congress .
he was a judge to the superior court of california from 1884 to 1889 .
de haven was elected as a republican to the fifty-first congress and served from march 4 , 1889 , until october 1 , 1890 , when he resigned .
he was an associate justice , california supreme court from 1891 to 1895 .
he returned to private practice in eureka between 1895 and 1897 .
dehaven was nominated by president william mckinley on june 1 , 1897 , to a seat vacated by william w. morrow on the united states district court for the northern district of california .
he was confirmed as a federal judge by the united states senate on june 8 , 1897 , and received commission the same day and served until his death on january 26 , 1913 .
he died in yountville , california and was interred in mount olivet cemetery , san francisco , california .
