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Clinton Hastings">Serranus Clinton Hastings</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_H._Burnett" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter H. Burnett">Peter H. Burnett</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1816<br /><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="dday deathdate">1890-09-15</span>)</span>September 15, 1890 (age 73–74)<br /><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Catherine Heydenfeldt (death 1887)<br />Elisabeth A. Heydenfeldt</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Solomon Heydenfeldt</b> (1816 – September 15, 1890) was an American attorney who was an associate justice of the <a href="/wiki/California_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="California Supreme Court">California Supreme Court</a> from 1852 to 1857.<sup id="cite_ref-albert_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-albert-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the second <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> justice of the court, after <a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Lyons" title="Henry A. Lyons">Henry A. Lyons</a>, but was the first elected by direct vote of the people.<sup id="cite_ref-albert_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-albert-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solomon_Heydenfeldt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1816, Heydenfeldt was born in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He read law in the offices of <a href="/wiki/William_F._De_Saussure" title="William F. De Saussure">William F. De Saussure</a>, a son of the noted Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Henry_William_de_Saussure" title="Henry William de Saussure">Henry William de Saussure</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1837, at 21 years of age, Heydenfeldt moved to <a href="/wiki/Russell_County,_Alabama" title="Russell County, Alabama">Russell County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tallapoosa_County,_Alabama" title="Tallapoosa County, Alabama">Tallapoosa County, Alabama</a>. There, he was admitted to the state bar, practiced law, and in 1841 served as a judge.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obit_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1850, he moved to California and was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/State_Bar_of_California" title="State Bar of California">bar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1851, his brother, Elcan Heydenfeldt, served as <a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_California_State_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the California State Senate">President pro tempore of the California State Senate</a>, and Solomon unsuccessfully sought the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> nomination to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1851, he ran against <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig Party</a> candidate, Tod Robinson, to fill the seat of <a href="/wiki/Serranus_Clinton_Hastings" title="Serranus Clinton Hastings">Serranus Clinton Hastings</a>, and won a six year term.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heydenfeldt's notable opinions include <i>Irwin v. Phillips</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which established the doctrine of <a href="/wiki/Prior-appropriation_water_rights" title="Prior-appropriation water rights">prior appropriation</a> in western <a href="/wiki/Water_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Water law">water law</a> jurisprudence.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1852, he returned to Alabama to visit his family, and his absence from the state led to a court opinion on whether his seat was "vacant".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 6, 1857, he stepped down from the bench,<sup id="cite_ref-obit_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and joined Vermont-born brothers <a href="/wiki/Oscar_L._Shafter" title="Oscar L. Shafter">Oscar L. Shafter</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_McMillan_Shafter" title="James McMillan Shafter">James McMillan Shafter</a> in forming the law firm of Shafter, Shafter, Park and Heydenfeldt, along with Trevor Park, in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reyes_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reyes-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in private practice, Heydenfeldt argued before the California Supreme Court in <i>Ex Parte Newman</i> (1858),<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he successfully defended a Jewish man's right to work on Sunday.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1862, during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, he refused on principle to take a <a href="/wiki/Test_oath" class="mw-redirect" title="Test oath">test oath</a> for lawyers of loyalty to the Union cause (as did Virginia-born <a href="/wiki/James_D._Thornton" title="James D. Thornton">James D. Thornton</a>), which led to his semi-retirement from the Bar.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civic_activities">Civic activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solomon_Heydenfeldt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Civic activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heydenfeldt helped found the first free kindergarten in San Francisco, along with New York professor <a href="/wiki/Felix_Adler_(professor)" title="Felix Adler (professor)">Felix Adler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-quarterly_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quarterly-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solomon_Heydenfeldt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He married twice: first, in Alabama, to Catherine Heydenfeldt, who died July 3, 1887,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then, in California, to Elisabeth A. Heydenfeldt, who survived him.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had ten children.<sup id="cite_ref-quarterly_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quarterly-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son, Solomon, graduated from <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_University" title="Santa Clara University">Santa Clara University</a> and in October 1872 became an attorney, and his nephew, Walter P. Levy, was a judge of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Superior_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Superior Court">San Francisco Superior Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solomon_Heydenfeldt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_jurists" title="List of Jewish American jurists">List of Jewish American jurists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_California" title="List of justices of the Supreme Court of California">List of justices of the Supreme Court of California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_O._Anderson" title="Alexander O. Anderson">Alexander O. Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Wells_(California_judge)" title="Alexander Wells (California judge)">Alexander Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Henry_Bryan" title="Charles Henry Bryan">Charles Henry Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._Terry" title="David S. Terry">David S. Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Murray_(judge)" title="Hugh Murray (judge)">Hugh Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Bar_of_California" title="State Bar of California">State Bar of California</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solomon_Heydenfeldt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-albert-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-albert_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-albert_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFriedenberg1902" class="citation journal cs1">Friedenberg, Albert M. 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Townes</i></a>, 27 Ala. 56 (1855)("The order appointing an administrator, made in November 1841, is signed by S. Heydenfeldt as judge").</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://home.sandiego.edu/~jminan/waterlaw/Irwin%20v%20Phillips.pdf"><i>Irwin v. Phillips</i></a>, 5 Cal. 140 (1855).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLittlefield1983" class="citation journal cs1">Littlefield, Douglas R. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 19,</span> 2017</span>. <q>Ex-Judge Solomon Heydenfeldt is named in the will as executor.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Alta+California&rft.atitle=Catherine+Heydenfeldt%27s+Will&rft.issue=42&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1887-07-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcdnc.ucr.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fcdnc%3Fa%3Dd%26d%3DDAC18870716.2.88%26srpos%3D1%26e%3D-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%2522catherine%2BHeydenfeldt%2522-------1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASolomon+Heydenfeldt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18931029.2.170&srpos=2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22catherine+Heydenfeldt%22-------1">"Disputed Deeds, The Titles Called Into Question. More Complications for the Lawyers in the Famous Heydenfeldt Case"</a>. <i>San Francisco Call</i>. Vol. 74, no. 151. California Digital Newspaper Collection. 29 October 1893. p. 20<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 19,</span> 2017</span>. <q>Elcan Heydenfeldt, brother of the late Judge Solomon Heydenfeldt and uncle of Judge Walter Levy.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=San+Francisco+Call&rft.atitle=An+Old+Pioneer+Passes+Away%2C+After+a+Brief+Illness+Death+Claims+Elcan+Heydenfeldt&rft.volume=83&rft.issue=87&rft.pages=10&rft.date=1898-02-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcdnc.ucr.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fcdnc%3Fa%3Dd%26d%3DSFC18980225.2.67%26srpos%3D10%26e%3D-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%2522walter%2Blevy%2522-------1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASolomon+Heydenfeldt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solomon_Heydenfeldt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cschs.org/history/california-supreme-court-justices/solomon-heydenfeldt/">Solomon Heydenfeldt</a>. 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