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Lorenzo Sawyer
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1870–1891
Lorenzo Sawyer , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Lorenzo Sawyer (May 23, 1820 – September 7, 1891) was an American lawyer and judge who was appointed to the Supreme Court of California in 1860 and served as the ninth Chief Justice of California from 1868 to 1870. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit and of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Education
- Western Reserve College (now Case Western Reserve University)
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Career
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1846-1848; Private practice, Jefferson, Wisconsin, 1848-1850; Private practice, Sacramento, California, 1850; Private practice, Nevada City and San Francisco, California, 1850-1861; City attorney, San Francisco, California, 1854-; Private practice, San Francisco, California, and Virginia City, Nevada, 1861-1862; Judge, California District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, 1862-1863; Justice, Supreme Court of California, 1863-1869; chief justice, 1868-1869
Biography
Lorenzo Sawyer (May 23, 1820 – September 7, 1891) was an American lawyer and judge who was appointed to the Supreme Court of California in 1860 and served as the ninth Chief Justice of California from 1868 to 1870. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit and of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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