Solomon Heydenfeldt | |
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| Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court | |
| In office January 1, 1852 – January 6, 1857 | |
| Appointed by | Direct election |
| Preceded by | Serranus Clinton Hastings |
| Succeeded by | Peter H. Burnett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1816 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | September 15, 1890 (age 73–74) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | Catherine 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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..