California State Officials Biographies 1911

WILLIAM G. LORIGAN

Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. 
WILLIAM G. LORIGAN (Republican) was born at Melbourne, Australia, February 12, 
1855; came to this State in 1860; was educated at Santa Clara College, 
California, and at St. Vincent's College of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; admitted 
to practice law in California; was elected Judge of the Superior Court of Santa 
Clara County in 1890; reelected in 1896 and in 1902; resigned as Superior Judge 
of Santa Clara County and was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 
January 5, 1903, to fill unexpired term of Hon. Jackson Temple, deceased; 
elected to full term, November 6, 1906.
 
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