William Cary Van Fleet

Judge William Cary Van Fleet

Personal

Birthday:

3/24/1852

Birthplace:

Maumee City, OH

Date of Death:

9/3/1923

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Assistant district attorney, Sacramento County, California, 1878-1879
State assemblyman, California, 1881-1882
Director, California State Prisons, 1883-1884
Judge, Superior Court of California, 1884-1892
Justice, Supreme Court of California, 1894-1899

President issued recess appointment to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, March 4, 1907, and subsequently cancelled appointment

Education

Name of School:

Read law

Degree Year:

1873

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of California

Court Name:

California Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Theodore Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

12/17/1907

Termination Date:

9/3/1923

Termination Reason:

Death