Walter Van Dyke

Walter Van Dyke (October 8, 1823 – December 25, 1905) was a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and a justice of the California Supreme Court in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Contents

• 1 Biography

• 2 Clubs

• 3 Personal life

• 4 See also

• 5 References and notes

• 6 External links

Biography

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Van Dyke was born on October 8, 1823, in Tyre, Seneca County, New York . He studied law in Cleveland, Ohio , from 1846 to 1848 and crossed the plains in 1849, remaining a short time in Los Angeles and then moving to Northern California . In 1853, he settled in Humboldt County , and was elected to the California State Assembly . He practiced law and was district attorney there in 1854. In 1861, he was elected to the California State Senate , serving in the 1862 and 1863 sessions, where he helped organize the state's Republican Party. He edited the _Humboldt Times _ until 1863, then moved to San Francisco . In 1868, he was an alternate elector to the Republican Party national convention for President Ulysses S. Grant . From 1874 to 1877, Van Dyke was United States attorney for California, and was elected a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention in 1878.

In 1884, Van Dyke moved to Los Angeles , and practiced in the firm of Wells, Van Dyke & Lee. In 1888, he was elected a Los Angeles County Superior Court in Department Four, and in 1894 was reelected to a six-year term, serving until December 28, 1899.

In June 1889, his name was unsuccessfully put forward to fill a vacancy on the California Supreme Court.

In November 1888, he ran for a seat as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court, and on January 4, 1899, he began a 12-year term after winning the election as a fusion candidate of the Silver Republican , Democratic , and Populist parties.

He was elected to the remaining term of William Cary Van Fleet , who died in office, ending in 1910.

Van Dyke died on December 25, 1905, age 82, in his home at Fourth and Van Dyke avenues in East Oakland, California , after a brief illness identified as pneumonia . Funeral services were conducted at Mountain View Cemetery . His seat on the court was filled by the appointment of M. C. Sloss .

Clubs

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Van Dyke was a vice president and life member of the Society of California Pioneers .

Personal life

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On September 21, 1854, Van Dyke married Rowena Cooper in Humboldt County, California , and they had eight children. At his death, he was survived by his widow and five children: William M. Van Dyke, who was clerk of the court for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California ;

Henry S. Van Dyke, an attorney in Los Angeles; Dr. Edwin Cooper Van Dyke

and Mrs. Franklin Bangs of San Francisco; and Caroline Van Dyke of Oakland.

See also

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• List of justices of the Supreme Court of California

References and notes

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1. ↑ Johnson, J. Edward (1963). History of the California Supreme Court: The Justices 1850-1900, vol 1 (PDF). San Francisco, CA: Bender Moss Co. pp. 207–212. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2017.

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   Shuck, Oscar Tully (1901). History of the Bench and Bar of California: Being Biographies of Many Remarkable Men, a Store of Humorous and Pathetic Recollections, Accounts of Important Legislation and Extraordinary Cases, Comprehending the Judicial History of the State . Los Angeles, CA: Commercial Printing House.

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