Walter Van Dyke

Walter Van Dyke
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
In office
January 4, 1899 – December 25, 1905
Appointed by Elected
Preceded by William Cary Van Fleet
Succeeded by M. C. Sloss
Personal details
Born (1823-10-08)October 8, 1823
Tyre, Seneca County, New York, U.S.
Died December 25, 1905(1905-12-25) (aged 82)
East Oakland, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Rowena Cooper (m. 1854)
Children Edwin Cooper Van Dyke

Walter Van Dyke (October 8, 1823 – December 25, 1905) was a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and a justice of the California Supreme Court in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography

Van Dyke was born on October 8, 1823, in Tyre, Seneca County, New York.[1] He studied law in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1846 to 1848 and crossed the plains in 1849, remaining a short time in Los Angeles and then moving to Northern California. In 1853, he settled in Humboldt County, and was elected to the California State Assembly.[2] He practiced law and was district attorney there in 1854. In 1861, he was elected to the California State Senate, serving in the 1862 and 1863 sessions, where he helped organize the state's Republican Party.[2] He edited the Humboldt Times until 1863, then moved to San Francisco. In 1868, he was an alternate elector to the Republican Party national convention for President Ulysses S. Grant.[3] From 1874 to 1877, Van Dyke was United States attorney for California, and was elected a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention in 1878.[4][5]

In 1884, Van Dyke moved to Los Angeles, and practiced in the firm of Wells, Van Dyke & Lee.[6] In 1888, he was elected a Los Angeles County Superior Court in Department Four, and in 1894 was reelected to a six-year term, serving until December 28, 1899.[7][8][9][10] In June 1889, his name was unsuccessfully put forward to fill a vacancy on the California Supreme Court.[11]

In November 1888, he ran for a seat as an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, and on January 4, 1899, he began a 12-year term after winning the election as a fusion candidate[12] of the Silver Republican,[13] Democratic,[14] and Populist parties.[15][16][2] He was elected to the remaining term of William Cary Van Fleet, who died in office, ending in 1910.[5][17]

Van Dyke died on December 25, 1905, age 82, in his home at Fourth and Van Dyke avenues in East Oakland, California, after a brief illness identified as pneumonia.[18] Funeral services were conducted at Mountain View Cemetery.[19] His seat on the court was filled by the appointment of M. C. Sloss.

Clubs

Van Dyke was a vice president and life member of the Society of California Pioneers.[20]

Personal life

On September 21, 1854, Van Dyke married Rowena Cooper in Humboldt County, California, and they had eight children. At his death, he was survived by his widow and five children: William M. Van Dyke, who was clerk of the court for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California;[21][22] Henry S. Van Dyke, an attorney in Los Angeles;[23] Dr. Edwin Cooper Van Dyke[24] and Mrs. Franklin Bangs of San Francisco; and Caroline Van Dyke of Oakland.[5][25]

References and notes

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  1. ↑ Johnson, J. Edward (1963). History of the California Supreme Court: The Justices 1850-1900, vol 1 (PDF). San Francisco, CA: Bender Moss Co. pp. 207–212. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Shuck, Oscar Tully (1901). History of the Bench and Bar of California: Being Biographies of Many Remarkable Men, a Store of Humorous and Pathetic Recollections, Accounts of Important Legislation and Extraordinary Cases, Comprehending the Judicial History of the State. Los Angeles, CA: Commercial Printing House. pp. 353, 495–499, 758. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ "National Republican Nominations". Marin Journal (8 (26)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 12 September 1868. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Constitutional Convention". Sacramento Daily Union (7 (189)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 30 September 1878. p. 2. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Supreme Judge Van Dyke Is Dead," San Francisco Chronicle, December 26, 1905, page 14
  6. ↑ "Large Crowd at Santa Monica". Los Angeles Herald (26 (133)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 4 March 1887. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Judges in Characteristic Attitudes (sketch): Walter Van Dyke (Department Four, Superior Court)". Los Angeles Herald (26 (242)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 30 May 1897. p. 12. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  8. ↑ "To Hear a Case". Sacramento Daily Union (91 (113)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 9 June 1896. p. 4. Retrieved July 3, 2017. Governor Budd has requested Hon. Walter Van Dyke, Superior Judge of Los Angeles County, to hear and determine the case
  9. ↑ "Superior Judge Appointed". Sacramento Daily Union (96 (129)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 29 December 1898. p. 3. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Judge Van Dyke Honored". San Francisco Call (85 (28)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 28 December 1898. p. 3. Retrieved July 3, 2017. Judge Walter Van Dyke officially closed his career as Superior Judge to-day.
  11. ↑ "A New Candidate". Press Democrat (276 (12)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 12 June 1889. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  12. ↑ "The State Ticket". Los Angeles Herald (26 (16)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 16 October 1898. p. 21. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  13. ↑ "A Silver Lunch". Los Angeles Herald (26 (69)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 8 December 1898. p. 5. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  14. ↑ "The Democratic Ticket". Marin County Tocsin (20 (28)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 5 November 1898. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  15. ↑ "The Fusion Ticket". San Francisco Call (84 (45)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 15 July 1898. p. 4. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  16. ↑ "The Chosen Ones". Sacramento Daily Union (96 (119)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 18 December 1898. p. 6. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Supreme Court Officials". San Francisco Call (85 (35)). 4 January 1899. p. 7. Retrieved July 3, 2017. Judge Walter Van Dyke took his place on the bench early in the morning. He fills the place made vacant by Judge Van Fleet.
  18. ↑ "Justice Van Dyke is Summoned by Judge of the Universe". San Francisco Call (99 (26)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 26 December 1905. p. 1. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Pioneer is Laid to Rest". Los Angeles Herald (33 (88)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. Associated Press. 28 December 1905. p. 4. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  20. ↑ "California Pioneers". Los Angeles Herald (25 (281)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 8 July 1898. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Clerk of the U. S. Circuit Court for Los Angeles". Los Angeles Herald (26 (41)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 19 November 1886. p. 8. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  22. ↑ "New Southern District Court". Daily Alta California (42 (13642)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 6 January 1887. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  23. ↑ "H. S. Van Dyke's Sudden Death is Mourned". Los Angeles Herald (20). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 24 November 1921. p. A16. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Jurist Makes a Simple Will". San Francisco Call (99 (31)). California Digital Newspaper Collection. 31 December 1905. p. 48. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Honor Memory of Late Justice Van Dyke", San Francisco Chronicle, December 28, 1905, page 10, page 10

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
William Cary Van Fleet		 Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
1899–1905		 Succeeded by
M. C. Sloss
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