San Francisco County
Biographies
Andrew
George Booth was born in New Hampshire in 1845, and received his education in
New England; he attended Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, where
he took a preparatory course, and completed his collegiate course at Amherst,
Massachusetts.
Having
determined upon the profession of law as a calling for life, he entered the
office of the Hon. H. W. Parker, M. C., from New Hampshire. In the year 1869 he came to California, and
entered the office of A. J. Gunnison, where he finished his legal studies, and
was admitted to the bar in 1870. For the
past twenty years he has been a prominent member of the San Francisco bar, and
has won a reputation for ability and zeal which he certainly deserves.
Several
years after his admission to the bar he formed a partnership with A. J.
Gunnison. The firm of
Gunnison & Booth are attorneys for the California Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, one of the heaviest financial institutions on the Pacific coast,
and for several railroads and other commercial corporations.
Mr.
Booth is prominently identified with the Republican party,
and is active in its counsels. He was
elected to the State Legislature, and is a Trustee of the California State
Library. He is often a delegate to
municipal and State conventions, and is a forcible speaker. In important political campaigns he takes an
active part in “stumping” the State, and does telling work in behalf of his
party. In the Masonic order he occupies a
high position, having been Commander of the Golden Gate Commandry,
K. T. He held this position during the
triumphal tour to the Triennial Conclave in Washington, D. C., in 1889. He has been Grand Chancellor of Knights of Pythias, and has been connected with many other fraternal
organizations.
Transcribed by Donna L. Becker
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2,
page 98, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2005 Donna L.
Becker.