H. K. S. O'Melveny
At the age of 20 he began to read law under the tutelage of James Shields and Governor William H. Bissell,[2] and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1846.Ill health prompted O'Melveny to move to Benicia, and practiced before a Major Cooper, "judge of the first instance under the Mexican regime (corresponding nearly to our justice of the peace.)"[1][3] After his temporary return to Illinois and his marriage, he established a "lucrative law practice" and had "achieved sufficient prominence" to become a Circuit Court judge of five southern counties in 1857.In winter 1862–63, he was put forward as a candidate to fill the Senate vacancy caused by Douglas's death, "but was defeated in the Democratic caucus for the nomination by two votes.He was "connected" with ex-Mayor Henry T. Hazard—one source says as a law partner—and he was said to have taken "a vital part" in bringing the Southern Pacific Railroad to Los Angeles in 1876.
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Elkton, KentuckyPresbyteriansSouthern IllinoisWaterloo, IllinoisMcKendree CollegeLebanon, Illinoisread lawJames ShieldsWilliam H. BissellLeonard John RoseapoplexySpring StreetBelleville, IllinoisGreat PlainsSacramento, Californialaw partnershipMurray MorrisonKaskaskia, Illinoisrecorderland titlesSonoma DistrictBennett RileyBeniciafirst instanceMexican regimejustice of the peaceCircuit CourtAbraham LincolnStephen A. DouglasLos Angeles Common CouncilHenry T. HazardSouthern Pacific RailroadSuperior CourtClary, William W.Works Progress AdministrationAlexanderRequenaMellusNicholsCoronelPotterSternsWoodworthMorrisonO'MelvenySabichiBeaudryMacDougallLawlorSpenceSinsabaughKuhrtsCristobal AguilarDavid W. AlexanderJames BaldwinPeter BaltzPhineas BanningJoseph BayerAlexander BellDionisio BotillerNarciso BotelloAndrew A. BoyleGeorge Henry CarsonSamuel Bradford CaswellOzro W. ChildsAntonio Franco CoronelYgnacio CoronelYgnacio del ValleArthur McKenzie DodsonJohn Gately DowneyEzra DrownStephen Clark FosterJohn FrohlingMorris L. GoodmanJohn GollerLewis GrangerJohn Strother GriffinVincent A. HooverAlexander W. HopeJoseph Huber Sr.Wilson W. JonesMatthew KellerJohn KingSolomon LazardObed MacyDamien MarchesseaultFrancis MellusWilliam MooreMoritz MorrisElijah MoultonHenry R. MylesMyron NortonAgustin OlveraWilliam H. PerryNehemiah A. PotterManuel RequenaWilliam Whipple RobinsonLouis RoederTomas A. SanchezWilliam T. B. SanfordJohn SchumacherJuan María SepúlvedaPhilip SichelFelix SignoretAbel StearnsJonathan TempleJames R. TobermanAugust UlyardHenry WartenbergJohn Ozias WheelerGeorge N. WhitmanBenjamin Davis WilsonJames Brown WinstonWallace WoodworthGeronimo YbarraJulian A. ChavezJohn JonesOscar MacyJoseph MullalyCayetano ApablasaEzra M. HamiltonWilliam Norton MonroeCharles W. SchroederWilliam Thomas LambieJames VelsirJames Hanley