John J. De Haven

John J. de Haven
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
In office June 8, 1897 – January 26, 1913
Appointed by	William McKinley
Preceded by	William W. Morrow
Succeeded by	Maurice Timothy Dooling
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district
In office March 4, 1889 – October 1, 1890
Preceded by	Thomas L. Thompson
Succeeded by	Thomas J. Geary
Member of the California State Senate from the district
In office 1871–1875
Member of the California State Assembly from the Humboldt County district
In office 1869–1871

John Jefferson De Haven (March 12, 1849 – January 26, 1913) 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.

References

• John J. De Haven at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• John J. De Haven at Find a Grave

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.