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HON. REGINALDO FRANCISCO DEL VALLE
DEL VALLE, HON. REGINALDO FRANCISCO, Attorney at Law, Los
Angeles, Cal. Was born there Dec 15, 1854.
His father was Ygnacio Del Valle and his
mother Ysabel (Varela) Del Valle. On Sept. 2, 1890,
he married Helen M. White Cayatile in San
Francisco.
There is one child, Lucretia Louise Del Valle.
Mr.
Del Valle entered St. Vincent’s College in 1867, remaining until June, 1871;
then went to Santa Clara College,
Santa Clara, Cal.,
where he graduated with the degree Bachelor of Sciences June, 1873.
His
first venture in the law was at Los Angeles,
where he opened practice shortly after he was admitted to plead in the Supreme
Court. In 1879 he was elected to the
State Assembly of California from Los Angeles
on the Democratic ticket and was re-elected in 1880. In this year he was
Presidential Elector for Hancock and English. A year later received
complimentary vote for Speaker.
In
1882 he was elected Senator from Los Angeles
County and served four years, part
as president pro tem. In 1884 ran for Congress.
Four years later he was chairman State Convention at Los
Angeles, and in 1890 was nominated for Lieut. Gov. In 1892 he was
chairman of the Committee on Resolutions of the State Convention at Fresno.
He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the Unites States in
1893. In 1894 he was chairman Democratic
State Convention at San Francisco.
He has been a member of every State convention for more than thirty years, has
been a campaign orator and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention
of 1900 at Kansas City. He is an
authority on Parliamentary law.
At
present he is a member of the Board of Public Service in charge of the Water
Department of Los Angeles.
Transcribed by Betty Vickroy.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page
254, International News
Service, New
York,
Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2007 Betty Vickroy.
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