Santa
Clara County
Biographies
ASSOCIATE
JUSTICE JOHN WESLEY SHENK
Associate
Justice John Wesley Shenk was born in Shelburne,
Vermont, on February 7, 1875; son of Reverend John Wesley and Susanna Cake
(Brooks) Shenk.
He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan
University, 1900; J.D. University of Michigan, 1903; LL.D. Ohio Wesleyan
University, 1930. He was admitted to the California bar in 1903, practicing in
Los Angeles; deputy and assistant city attorney, Los Angeles, 1906-10; city
attorney, 1910-13; Judge of the Superior Court, Los Angeles, 1913-24; Justice
of the Supreme Court, 1924 to date; present term expires 1955.
He is a member of the American Bar
Association; Bar Association of Los Angeles County; Bar Association of San
Francisco; Order of Coif; Masonic and other fraternal organizations; Spanish
American War Veteran.
He married Lena R. Custer on June
29, 1907. They have two sons, Samuel Custer, John Wesley III.
Residence: Los Altos, California.
Office Address: Supreme Court, State Building, San Francisco,
California.
Transcribed By: Cecelia M. Setty.
Source: “Eminent Californians 1953”,
by Lee E. Johnson & C. W. Taylor. Page 496, C. W. Taylor
Publ., Palo Alto, California, 1953.
© 2014 Cecelia M. Setty.