Jackson Temple

Jackson Temple
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
In office 1870 – December 25, 1902
Personal details
Born	August 11, 1827 Heath, Massachusetts, United States
Died	December 25, 1902 (aged 75) San Francisco, California, United States
Spouse(s)	Christianna Hutton Hood

Jackson Temple (August 11, 1827–December 25, 1902) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. He served three separate terms on the court between 1870 and 1902.

Temple was born in the town of Heath in Franklin County, Massachusetts on August 11, 1827, the son of a farmer. He graduated from Williams College and then became a lawyer. He moved to California in 1852 and began practicing law in Petaluma, California in 1855.^[1] He was appointed to the California Supreme Court in 1870 by his friend, Governor Henry Huntly Haight, whose San Francisco law practice he had been running since Haight's election in 1868. He resigned from the Court in 1872 and went back into private practice with Haight. He later served eight years as a District Judge. In 1887 he was again appointed to the Supreme Court, resigning in July 1889. In 1895 he was elected to the Supreme Court for a 12 year term, which he was still serving at the time of his death.^[2]

He married Christianna Hutton Hood in 1870; they had six children and settled in Santa Rosa, California. He died on December 25, 1902 in San Francisco.

References

1. "Justice Jackson Temple". New York Times. December 27, 1902. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
2. "Judge Temple passes to rest". The Petaluma Argus. December 26, 1902. Retrieved 5 August 2013.