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WILLIAM
HENRY LANGDON.
A large measure of success in the field of the law has been attained by Judge William H. Langdon, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. As a lawyer he built up a large practice and since becoming a member of the Judiciary he has displayed splendid ability in that capacity.
Judge Landon is a native son of California, and was born in 1873 in Alameda County. After completing his preparatory educational training in the public schools he attended San Jose State Normal School, then engaged in the study of law under the preceptorship of Judge John E. Richards, being admitted to the bar in 1896.
From 1892 to 1902 Judge Langdon served as teacher in the California public schools and from 1902 to 1905 he was Superintendent of Schools in San Francisco. From 1906 to 1910 he was District Attorney of San Francisco, and in that capacity conducted the graft prosecutions of public officers accused of bribery and extortion.
For a number of years Judge Langdon practiced law in partnership with Louis Bartlett, under the firm name of Bartlett & Langdon, and he also engaged in banking and other pursuits at Modesto. From 1915 to 1919 he was Superior Judge of Stanislaus County, and then became Presiding Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, in which capacity he served until he went on the Supreme bench in January, 1927.
Judge Langdon holds membership in the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California. He is also a member of various clubs and other organizations. In 1908 he married Myrtie Conneau McHenry and they have two children, Lois Ann and Lawton William.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: "American Blue Book California Lawyers"
by H. James Boswell, Page 29, Produced by H.
James Boswell, 1928.
© 2008 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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