Jump to content

Serranus Clinton Hastings

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Holly Cheng (talk | contribs) at 00:15, 24 May 2007 (add image). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Serranus Hastings

Serranus Clinton Hastings (1813 – 1893) was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California and founded the Hastings College of the Law in 1887 with his gift of $100,000. [1] He also served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from December 28, 1846, to March 3, 1847, representing Iowa. He also served as Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court in 1848.

Preceded by Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court
January 1850 –January 1852 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Attorney General of California
1852 –1854 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Donna Domino, “Outgoing Dean Revitalized Troubled Hastings,” San Francisco Daily Journal, 6 April 2006
Stub icon

This article about a California politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about an Iowa politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serranus_Clinton_Hastings&oldid=133060327"