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William H. Waste

Republican

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CA Blue Book
Date Party Office Votes Result
11-04-1902 Republican AD-52 1916 Win
11-08-1904 Republican AD-52 3304 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

William Harrison Waste
Born: October 31, 1868 near Chico, CA
Married: Mary Ewing (in 1896)
Children: William E. and Eugenia McIntosh
Died: June 6, 1940 in Berkeley, CA

1905: Resigned from the State Assembly on April 13.
1905-1919: Justice, Alameda County Superior Court
1919-1921: Presiding Justice, District Court of Appeal
1921-1924: Associate Justice, California Supreme Court
1926-1940: Chief Justice, California Supreme Court
1926-1940: Member, California Judicial Council (Waste was the first Chair of the Council)

  • LINK: Charles Deyoe said that I needed to include a link to this page.

Source: California Blue Book (1903), (1924)
Source: "The Judicial Council of California: Membership" by the Judicial Council of California (accessed 5/30/2012)