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HON.
DAVID McCLURE
The subject of our sketch has had a brilliant
career. In 1856, at the age of 18 years, he began his struggles in life as a
miner in Podever river. He
is now one of the leading Attorneys-at-Law on the Pacific Coast, and has been
honored with official positions in this State, both civic and in fraternal
societies, that stamp him as one of the prominent citizens of the Pacific
Coast. For three years he filled with great acceptability the office Grand
Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias: was the first
Grand Dictator of the Knights of Honor; and in 1884, Grand Master of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen. As a Senator from San Francisco he stood in
the front rank among the law-makers of this State. He is a fine specimen of
physical and mental manhood, and stands at the head of the bar as one of the
ablest lawyers on the Pacific Coast. Although he has a large and lucrative
practice he finds time to attend to fraternal organizations, and almost from
the commencement of Society life he has been called upon to deliver public
addresses on all important occasions. For the last two years he has been
President of the Blood Horse Association, and under his management it has grown
to be one of the best conducted and most prosperous in the United States. He
has great breadth of mind, an intuitive ability, quick perception and sound
judgment.
Transcribed By: Cecelia M. Setty.
Source: “Illustrated
Fraternal Directory Including Educational Institutions on the Pacific Coast”,
Page 73, Publ. Bancroft Co., San Francisco. Cal. 1890.
© 2013 Cecelia M. Setty.
San Francisco County Biographies