San Francisco County
Biographies
General
John T. Carey
General John T. Carey,
United States Attorney for the District of San Francisco, was born in Clay
county, Missouri, and brought to this coast when a mere child by his father,
who came with the early miners and is still living, in Sacramento county,
engaged in farming, stock-raising, etc.
He is also proprietor of the Sacramento street railroad and other
property, and for several years was President of the State Agricultural
Society. All his life he has been a man
of great industry. The subject of this
sketch completed his school education at the Pacific Methodist College at Santa
Rosa. Returning to Sacramento, he began
the study of law in the office of Coffroth &
Spaulding, and in 1869 was admitted to the bar.
Having an excellent memory, and being associated with first-class
lawyers, he became thorough. He engaged
in general practice up to the time he was elected District Attorney of that
county in 1883, on the Democratic ticket, with a flattering majority. After the expiration of his term of service
he resumed practice until he was appointed United States Attorney for the San
Francisco District, November 29, 1887.
He derives his title of “General” from the National Guard of this State,
having risen from rank to rank until he became Brigadier-Commander of the
Fourth Brigade. He has always taken
great interest in military matters. He
is a member of the Bar Association and of the Pacific Club. As a lawyer and as a statesman he has been
particularly prominent in Chinese cases, in which much labor was involved,
having to meet and oppose a powerful combination; but he successfully met every
argument. Socially General Carey is very
much esteemed. He is a companionable,
refined gentleman, and certainly has a bright future before him.
Transcribed
Karen L. Pratt.
Source:
"The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 1, pages 648-649, Lewis
Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2005 Karen L. Pratt.