Lorenzo Sawyer

Biography of Lorenzo Sawyer

Family Name (Surname): Sawyer
First Name: Lorenzo
Date of Birth: May , 23 , 1820
Place of Birth (POB): Jefferson County , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
Date of Death: September , 7 , 1891
Place of Death (POD): San Francisco , California (US-CA, CA, 06, CF, Calif., Ca., Cal.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit
Court Type: United States Circuit Court (1869)
Appointment under the Presidency of: Ulysses Grant ( Republican )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/08/1869
New Seat
Authorization legislation: 16 Stat. 44
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/08/1869
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 12/22/1869
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 01/10/1870
Commission Date: 01/10/1870
Date of Termination: 09/07/1891
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1846-1848
Private practice, Jefferson, Wisconsin, 1848-1850
Private practice, Sacramento, California, 1850
Private practice, Nevada City and San Francisco, California, 1850-1861
City attorney, San Francisco, California, 1854-
Private practice, San Francisco, California, and Virginia City, Nevada, 1861-1862
Judge, California District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, 1862-1863
Justice, Supreme Court of California, 1863-1869; chief justice, 1868-1869