Appointed by William McKinley Name John De Preceded by William W. Morrow Role U.S. representative | Preceded by Thomas L. Thompson Died January 26, 1913 Succeeded by Thomas J. Geary | |
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Succeeded by Maurice Timothy Dooling | ||
John Jefferson De Haven (March 12, 1849 – January 26, 1913) was a U.S. Representative, United States federal judge from California, and an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.
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Biography
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. In August 1865, he was a delegate from Humboldt County to the Union party state convention. 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.
After entering the bar, De Haven held a series of public offices. He was a state representative from Humboldt County from 1869 to 1871 in the California State Assembly, 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 Humboldt County Superior Court from 1884 to 1889.
In November 1888, De Haven was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress from the First District, and served from March 4, 1889, until October 1, 1890, when he resigned.
He was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court from December 18, 1890, to January 7, 1895, filling the unexpired term of Charles N. Fox. In June 1894, he lost a bid for renomination at the Republican convention. After stepping down from the court, he returned to private practice in Eureka between 1895 and 1897.
On June 1, 1897, President William McKinley nominated De Haven to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by William W. Morrow, who became a Circuit Judge. De Haven was confirmed as a federal judge by the United States Senate on June 8, 1897, and received commission the same day. He served on the federal bench until his death on January 26, 1913. His vacant seat was filled by the appointment of Maurice Timothy Dooling. De Haven died in Yountville, California and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, San Francisco, California.
Personal life
On June 24 1872, he married Zeruiah Jane Ball (January 3, 1848 – January 23, 1918) in Humboldt, California. They had a daughter, Sadie De Haven, and son, Joseph J. De Haven.