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San Mateo County was created by exclusion from the City and County of San Francisco when it was incorporated in 1856; [4]: 1 San Mateo County was re-established by an act passed on April 18, 1857, which also made Redwood City the county seat and included provisions for the first County Court, with sessions to be held in March, June, and November of each year. [5]
This is a list of US state-level prosecutors, often known as district attorneys. In states which hold partisan elections for prosecutorial positions, the party affiliation of each prosecutor is noted.
Rosemary Pfeiffer (1977): [62] First openly LGBT (female) judge in San Mateo County, California (1991). She was also the first openly LGBT female to serve as the Presiding Judge (2000). [61] Nancy Ligon de Ita (1981): [261] First Hispanic American (female) to serve as the President of the San Mateo County Bar Association (c. 2009)
R. C. O. Benjamin (1884): [4] [5] First African American male lawyer admitted to the San Francisco Bar Association (1887) Thomas Pearson: [229] First African American male lawyer to practice in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, California (1905) Chan Chung Wing (1918): [18] [19] First Chinese American male lawyer in San Francisco ...
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In 1857, congress created the Eastern and Western District of Texas. Texas continued to grow, and in 1879, congress formed the Northern District. As the railroads continued to expand and fuel the Texas economy, congress created the Southern District on July 1, 1902. [5] Marcus C. McLemore (1902-1906) Lodowick McDaniel (1906-1914)
Rapoport, R. California Dreaming: The Political Odyssey of Pat & Jerry Brown. Berkeley: Nolo Press (1982) ISBN 0-917316-48-7 . Rarick, Ethan (2006), California Rising: The Life and Times of Pat Brown , Berkeley: University of California Press , ISBN 9780520939844 summary
The Office of the Attorney General was first established by executive ordinance of the Republic of Texas government in 1836. The attorneys general of the Republic of Texas and the first four attorneys general under the 1845 state constitution were appointed by the governor. The office was made elective in 1850 by constitutional amendment.