| 词条 | Lewis Francis Byington |
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Early lifeByington was born in Downieville, California, one of the historic mining towns in northern California. He was a son of Lewis Byington, one of the early pioneer citizen of northern California and Catherine (Freehill) Byington. His grandmother was Abigail Webster, a cousin of Daniel Webster. His sister, Mary Emma Byington, was married to Tirey L. Ford, 18th California Attorney General 1899-1900.[2] He later graduated from Santa Clara College, now the University of Santa Clara. He earned his law degree at Hastings College of Law. Professional lifeLewis Byington was a member of the California bar and practiced his profession in San Francisco since 1890.[3] Byington was president of the San Francisco civil service commission for major James Rolph.[4] In 1898 he was elected a Supervisor of San Francisco. In 1899 he was elected District Attorney, in which position he prosecuted the murderer Cordelia Botkin.[5] On December 7, 1906, in a letter by Governor George C. Pardee to Lewis Francis Byington, in response to letters sent by Byington, which asked that Docia Nolan, a woman convicted of robbery be pardoned since Henry Milton made a confession exonerating her and Michael Dolan for any participation of the crime. Pardee requests Byington's opinion on the guilt of Docia Nolan and requests that he send evidence upon which she was convicted. The letter is signed in manuscript on Executive Department, State of California, Sacramento letterhead. The letter included a two page typewritten copy of Henry Milton's confession.[6] PublicationsByington wrote the following books:
References{{commons category}}1. ^*The Political Graveyard. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Byington, Lewis}}2. ^{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/historyofsanfran03mill |title= History of the San Francisco Bay Region | volume= 3 | page= 83-84 | author= Bailey Millard |publisher=The American Historical Society, Inc |year= 1924 |accessdate=2013-01-08}} 3. ^San Francisco: its builders, past and present, pictorial, Page 249 4. ^*Reno Evening Gazette, Sept. 14, 1931, p. 15. 5. ^TWO LEADING FIGURES IN THE RECENT BOTKIN MURDER TRIAL, in the Tacoma Times; published April 30, 1904; retrieved August 16, 2015 (via Chronicling America) 6. ^http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/922893661 7. ^WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83751114 8. ^WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-nr94043505 8 : 1868 births|1943 deaths|Lawyers from San Francisco|Santa Clara University alumni|University of California, Hastings College of the Law alumni|People from Downieville, California|Members of the California State Assembly|District attorneys in California |
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