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George H. Smith

Democratic

Picture of George H. Smith
courtinfo.ca.gov
Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1877 Democratic SD-02 0 Win
Website: www.courts.ca.gov/documents/SmithG.pdf
 

Candidate Biography:

George Hugh Smith
Born: February 2, 1834 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Married.
Military Service: Confederate Army (Civil War)
Died: February 7, 1915

1879-1882: California Reporter of Decisions
1899-1904: Commissioner, Supreme Court of California
1905-1906: Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 1

Source: "Pen Portraits" Compiled by R.R. Parkinson, Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton as part of the California Genealogy & History Archives