San Francisco County
Biographies
HON. CHARLES A. GARTER
HON. CHARLES A. GARTER, San Francisco,
is a man in every respect worthy of the important position which he occupies, that
of United States Attorney for this District, to which he was appointed by
President Harrison.
Mr.
Garter’s father, Hon. E. Garter, was one of the representative men in the early
days of California and was
favorably known all over the State. He came to this coast from New
York in 1849, was first engaged in mining and
subsequently followed his profession, holding distinguished positions in it. In
1856 the present Mr. Garter joined his father in California,
coming by way of Panama.
He was then quite young and had not finished his education. He studied for a
time here and then returned east, where he took a partial course at Harvard,
completing his ordinary studies afterwards at the State University of
California. He also studied law in the East at the Law
University at Albany,
New York. After his admission to the bar he
began the practice of his profession at Shasta. Afterward he removed to Tehama,
and there he has been in practice for the past thirteen years, the last ten of
which was in partnership with General Chipman. As a
lawyer Mr. Garter holds good rank in his profession. As a speaker he is
forcible and eloquent, using sound logic, holding the attention of his hearers
and convincing them by appeals to reason. He is a Gentleman of genial and open
manner, off-hand and courteous, and is popular among his many friends here as
he also is with all his own community.
The
present position is the first public one Mr. Garter ever held. In 1886 he ran for
Congress in the first District against Thomas L. Thompson, proprietor of the
Sonoma Democrat. Notwithstanding Mr. Thompson’s popularity, and the fact that
that year the Democrats made a very strong fight, he received a flattering
vote, indeed although beaten, a vote that showed him to be as strong a man as
his party could have possibly nominated.
Mr.
Garter is a member of the Bohemian Club in this City and also associated with
the I.O.O.F.
Transcribed by Kim Buck.
Source: "The Bay of San
Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 600, Lewis
Publishing Co, 1892.
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WILLIAM G. BRITTAN
WILLIAM G. BRITTAN, San Francisco
is a native of this city, born in 1864. His father, J. W. Brittan, came to the
Pacific coast in 1849, and for many years was a
well-known merchant and honored citizen and pioneer.
Mr.
Brittan was reared and educated in this city and State, taking a law course at
the Hastings College of Law where he graduated with the degree of LL.B. He was
admitted to the bar and is engaged in the practice of law. In November 1890, he
was elected Justice of the Peace, which office he now holds.
Transcribed by Kim Buck.
Source: "The Bay of San
Francisco," Vol. 2, Page
601, Lewis Publishing Co,
1892.
© 2006 Kim Buck.
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