Lewis Francis Byington
Lewis Francis Byington (May 24, 1868 - May 7, 1943) was member of California state assembly 24th District, 1877–80, California.[1]
Early life
Mr. Byington was born in Downieville, California, one of the historic mining towns in northern California. He was a son of Lewis Byington, one of the early pioneer citizen of northern California and Catherine (Freehill) Byington. His grandmother was Abigail Webster, a cousin of Daniel Webster.
His sister, Mary Emma Byington, was married to Tirey L. Ford, 18th California Attorney General 1899-1900.[2]
He later graduated from Santa Clara College, now the University of Santa Clara. He earned his law degree at Hastings College of Law.
Professional life
Lewis Byington was a member of the California bar and practiced his profession in San Francisco since 1890.[3] Byington was president of the San Francisco civil service commission for major James Rolph, Jr.[4] In 1898 he was elected a Supervisor of San Francisco. In 1899 he was elected District Attorney, in which position he prosecuted Cordelia Botkin.[5]
Publications
Byington wrote "The history of San Francisco (1931),"[6] "Downieville and its Historic Past," and the "Sierra County and Its Historic Past."[7]
References
- ↑
- The Political Graveyard.
- ↑ Bailey Millard (1924). "History of the San Francisco Bay Region". The American Historical Society, Inc. p. 83-84. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
- ↑ San Francisco: its builders, past and present, pictorial, Page 249
- ↑
- Reno Evening Gazette, Sept. 14, 1931, p. 15.
- ↑ TWO LEADING FIGURES IN THE RECENT BOTKIN MURDER TRIAL, in the Tacoma Times; published April 30, 1904; retrieved August 16, 2015 (via Chronicling America)
- ↑ Byington, Lewis Francis (1931), The history of San Francisco, Chicago, San Francisco: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, OCLC 9592779
- ↑ WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-nr94043505