John Currey | |
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8th Chief Justice of California | |
In office January 1, 1866 – January 1, 1868 | |
Preceded by | Silas Sanderson |
Succeeded by | Lorenzo Sawyer |
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court | |
In office January 1, 1864 – December 31, 1865 | |
Preceded by | Elections under 1862 amendment to California constitution and 1863 enabling law |
Succeeded by | Royal Sprague |
Personal details | |
Born | Westchester County, New York | October 4, 1814
Died | December 18, 1912 Dixon, California | (aged 98)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Cornelia Elizabeth Scott
(m. 1845; died 1877) |
Alma mater | Wesleyan University (BA) |
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John Moore Currey (October 4, 1814 – December 18, 1912) was the eighth Chief Justice of California, and candidate for Governor of California in 1859.