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Politician members in California

  Milton B. Badt (1884-1966) — of Elko, Elko County, Nev.; Carson City, Nev. Born in San Francisco, Calif., July 8, 1884. Lawyer; district judge in Nevada, 1945-47; justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1947-66; appointed 1947; died in office 1966; chief justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1951-52, 1957-59. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Elks; Rotary. Died, from heart disease and pneumonia, in a hospital at Reno, Washoe County, Nev., April 2, 1966 (age 81 years, 268 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Son of Moris Badt and Lina (Posener) Badt; married, June 29, 1927, to Gertrude L. Nizze.
  Robert Clinton Belloni (1919-1999) — also known as Robert C. Belloni — of Myrtle Point, Coos County, Ore. Born in Riverton, Coos County, Ore., April 4, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; chair of Coos County Democratic Party, 1957; circuit judge in Oregon, 1957-67; U.S. District Judge for Oregon, 1967-84; took senior status 1984. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Delta Theta Phi; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Rotary. Died, of congestive heart failure, at a retirement home in San Mateo, San Mateo County, Calif., November 3, 1999 (age 80 years, 213 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Edward Belloni and Della (Clinton) Belloni; married, January 26, 1946, to Doris A. Adams.
  Hugh Henry Brown (1872-1975) — also known as Hugh H. Brown — of San Francisco, Calif.; Tonopah, Nye County, Nev. Born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, May 4, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; represented railroads and mining companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1908, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1920 (alternate). Member, American Bar Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Judicature Society; Delta Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died February 26, 1975 (age 102 years, 298 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Robert McCutcheon Brown and Louise Christina (Smith) Brown; married, February 7, 1904, to Marjorie Moore.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Robert Browning (1918-2012) — also known as James R. Browning — Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., October 1, 1918. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1961-2000; took senior status 2000. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association. Died in Marin County, Calif., May 5, 2012 (age 93 years, 217 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nicholas Henry Browning and Minnie Sally (Foley) Browning; married to Marie Rose Chapell.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Mildred L. Lillie (1915-2002) — also known as Mildred Kluckhohn — of Fresno, Fresno County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, January 25, 1915. Lawyer; municipal judge in California, 1947-49; superior court judge in California, 1949-58; Judge, California Court of Appeal, 1958-83. Female. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Soroptimists. Died October 27, 2002 (age 87 years, 275 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Ottomar A. Kluckhohn and Florence E. (Martin) Kluckhohn; married, March 18, 1947, to Cameron L. Lillie; married, August 27, 1966, to A. V. Falcone.
  Thomas Jamison MacBride (1914-2000) — also known as Thomas J. MacBride — of Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif. Born in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., March 25, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; member of California state assembly, 1955-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1961-66; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1966-79; took senior status 1979. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Kappa Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners; Jesters; Rotary. Died in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., January 6, 2000 (age 85 years, 287 days). Interment at East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Frank MacBride and Lotta Kirtley (Little) MacBride; married, November 7, 1947, to Martha Harrold.
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Justin Miller Robert Justin Miller (1888-1973) — also known as Justin Miller — of Hanford, Kings County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Crescent City, Del Norte County, Calif., November 17, 1888. Lawyer; Kings County District Attorney, 1915-18; law professor; Associate Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1937-45; resigned 1945; chairman and general counsel, National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Order of the Coif; Delta Sigma Rho; Delta Chi; Alpha Pi Zeta; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma Mu; Sigma Nu Phi. Died, in a hospital at Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 17, 1973 (age 84 years, 61 days). Interment at Grangeville Cemetery, Armona, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Willis Miller and Matilda (Morrison) Miller; married, June 20, 1915, to May Merrill.
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)
  Stanley Mosk (1912-2001) — of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., September 12, 1912. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in California, 1943-58; California state attorney general, 1959-64; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960, 1964; member of Democratic National Committee from California, 1960-64; justice of California state supreme court, 1964-2001; appointed 1964; died in office 2001. Jewish. Member, American Judicature Society; American Legion; Phi Alpha Delta; B'nai B'rith. Died in San Francisco, Calif., June 19, 2001 (age 88 years, 280 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.; statue at Capitol Grounds, Sacramento, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Paul Mosk and Minna (Perl) Mosk; married, August 27, 1982, to Susan Jane Hines; married, September 27, 1936, to Edna Mitchell.
  See also Wikipedia article
  James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) — also known as J. Lee Rankin — of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in Hartington, Cedar County, Neb., July 6, 1907. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General, 1956-61; general counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City Corporation Counsel, 1966-72; candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Phi Delta Phi. Died, following a series of strokes, in Batterson's Convalescent Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Calif., June 26, 1996 (age 88 years, 356 days). Interment at Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Herman Primm Rankin and Lois Cornelia (Gable) Rankin; married 1931 to Gertrude Louise Carpenter.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Manuel Lawrence Real (b. 1924) — also known as Manuel L. Real — of California. Born in San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 27, 1924. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1964-66; U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, 1965-66; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1966-90. Catholic. Hispanic ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Chi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Francisco Jose Real and Maria (Mansano) Real; married, October 15, 1955, to Stella Emilia Michalik.
  William French Smith (1917-1990) — of San Marino, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Wilton, Hillsborough County, N.H., August 26, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1968 (delegation chair), 1972, 1976; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Attorney General, 1981-85. Member, American Judicature Society. Died, of cancer, October 29, 1990 (age 73 years, 64 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  Epitaph: "Beloved husband and father; Attorney General of the United States, 1981 - 1985"
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by William French Smith: Law and Justice in the Reagan Administration : The Memoirs of an Attorney General (1991)
  James Eugene Walker (1908-1972) — also known as James E. Walker — of Orange, Orange County, Calif. Born in Miles City, Custer County, Mont., July 19, 1908. Democrat. Lawyer; writer; candidate for California state assembly, 1940; member of California Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-54; chair of Orange County Democratic Party, 1942-44; candidate for U.S. Representative from California, 1944; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of California Democratic State Executive Committee, 1946-52; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1948, 1952 (alternate). Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Society for International Law; American Political Science Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Historical Association; American Civil Liberties Union; Delta Theta Phi. Died in May, 1972 (age 63 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Sharpless Walker and Gladys (James) Walker; married, June 10, 1930, to Murrel K. Knox.
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