California State Officials Biographies 1911

JOHN MORTON ESHLEMAN

Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton

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RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
JOHN MORTON ESHLEMAN (Republican) was born at Villa Ridge, Illinois, June 14, 
1876, and came to California March 2, 1896. He worked in a railroad camp of the 
Southern Pacific Company, during which time he studied to prepare himself for 
admission to the University, entering the University of California in 1898. In 
1902 he took his A.B. with highest honors and in 1903 the degree of Master of 
Arts. He was admitted to the bar and appointed Deputy State Labor Commissioner 
under Governor Pardee and Commissioner W. V. Stafford. He represented the 
Fifty-second District (Berkeley) in the thirty-seventh session of the 
Legislature. He was appointed, under District Attorney (now Superior Judge) 
Everett J. Brown, Deputy District Attorney of Alameda County, but was compelled 
by his health to remove to the Imperial Valley. On the formation of Imperial 
County, August, 1907, Mr. Eshleman was elected its first District Attorney, 
serving out his term. In November, 1910, he was elected Railroad Commissioner 
from the Third District and chosen as president of the Commission in January, 
1911.
 
Source: California Blue Book, or State Roster, 1911
Compiled by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State
Friend W. Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, Sacramento, CA, 1913