Solomon Heydenfeldt

Solomon Heydenfeldt
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
In office
January 1, 1852 – January 6, 1857
Appointed byDirect election
Preceded bySerranus Clinton Hastings
Succeeded byPeter H. Burnett
Personal details
Born1816
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Died(1890-09-15)September 15, 1890 (age 73–74)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
SpouseCatherine Heydenfeldt (death 1887)
Elisabeth A. Heydenfeldt

Solomon Heydenfeldt (1816 – September 15, 1890) was an American attorney who was an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from 1852 to 1857.[1][2] He was the second Jewish justice of the court, after Henry A. Lyons, but was the first elected by direct vote of the people.[1]

  1. ^ a b Friedenberg, Albert M. (1902). "Solomon Heydenfeldt: A Jewish Jurist Of Alabama and California". Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society. 10 (10): 129–140. JSTOR 43059669.
  2. ^ Rochlin, Harriet; Rochlin, Fred (2000). Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-618-00196-5..