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class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Isaac_S._Belcher" title="Isaac S. Belcher">Isaac S. Belcher</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/John_D._Works" title="John D. Works">John D. Works</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Assemblyman from Sacramento to the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1, 1849 – December 31, 1850</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Direct election</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Seat created by California Constitution of 1849</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"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1824-04-10</span>)</span>April 10, 1824<br /><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 1, 1901<span style="display:none">(1901-11-01)</span> (aged 77)<br /><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Annie Hedges</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="July 27, 1863">1863</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kenyon_College" title="Kenyon College">Kenyon College</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elisha Williams McKinstry</b> (April 10, 1824 – November 1, 1901) was a California jurist of the nineteenth century. He served as a justice of the <a href="/wiki/California_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="California Supreme Court">California Supreme Court</a> from 1874 to 1888. </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=Elisha_W._McKinstry&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McKinstry was born April 10, 1824, in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-edwards_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edwards-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved to <a href="/wiki/Kinderhook,_New_York" title="Kinderhook, New York">Kinderhook, New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reading_law" title="Reading law">read law</a> and in 1847 was admitted to the New York bar. </p><p>In 1849, McKinstry came to California on the steamship <i>Panama</i>.<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> and was a member of the first <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a> representing Sacramento.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tully_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tully-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1851, he opened a law practice in <a href="/wiki/Napa,_California" title="Napa, California">Napa</a>, and was elected in 1852 as judge of the Seventh Judicial District Court for a term of six years, and in 1858 was re-elected.<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> In August 1860, he visited <a href="/wiki/Paris,_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris, France">Paris, France</a>, returning to California the following month.<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><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> On November 13, 1862, he resigned from the district court.<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> In January 1863, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Mono_County,_California" title="Mono County, California">Mono County, California</a>, and practiced law.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 1863, during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, he was nominated for Lieutenant Governor by the <a href="/wiki/Copperhead_(politics)" title="Copperhead (politics)">Copperhead</a> Democratic Party, but lost the election.<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><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><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> Afterwards, he moved Nevada, where he practiced law and ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the <a href="/wiki/Nevada_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevada Supreme Court">Nevada Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tully_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tully-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1864, he attended the Copperhead Democratic convention held in <a href="/wiki/Carson,_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Carson, Nevada">Carson, Nevada</a>.<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> </p><p>In October 1867, having returned to California, he was elected <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Superior_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Superior Court">San Francisco</a> county judge for a term of four years, but before his term expired he was elected as an independent candidate as a judge of the 12th District Court. In October 1867, during the election, a Catholic priest accused McKinstry of leading the Aurora Vigilance Committee, a quasi-lynch mob, in 1863 in <a href="/wiki/Esmeralda_County,_Nevada" title="Esmeralda County, Nevada">Esmeralda County, Nevada</a>, and refusing to accommodate the request for last rites by four men who were condemned to hang.<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><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><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1873, he was nominated by the People's Independent Party and elected on October 15, 1873, to the California Supreme Court, where he served from January 1874 to October 1, 1888.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McKinstry filled the seat of former Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Royal_Sprague" title="Royal Sprague">Royal Sprague</a>, who died in office, and whose appointed successor, <a href="/wiki/Isaac_S._Belcher" title="Isaac S. Belcher">Isaac S. Belcher</a>, did not run for election.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1879, when adoption of a new <a href="/wiki/California_constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="California constitution">constitution</a> required elections for all seats on the Supreme Court, McKinstry was nominated by both the Democratic Party and Workingman's Party and was re-elected.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newly elected judges drew lots to determine the length of term, and McKinstry drew an 11-year term. His notable cases include <i><a href="/wiki/Lux_v._Haggin" title="Lux v. Haggin">Lux v. Haggin</a></i>, holding <a href="/wiki/Riparian_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Riparian rights">riparian rights</a> prevailed in California. He resigned from the court on October 1, 1888. </p><p>After stepping down from the bench, from 1888 to 1895 he was a professor of law at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California" title="University of California">University of California</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Hastings_College_of_the_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Hastings College of the Law">Hastings College of the Law</a> in San Francisco.<sup id="cite_ref-tully_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tully-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also engaged in private practice with his son, James C. McKinstry, and later with John A. Stanly and H. W. Bradley in the firm of Stanly, McKinstry, Bradley & McKinstry.<sup id="cite_ref-tully_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tully-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McKinstry died on November 1, 1901, in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elisha_W._McKinstry&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Honors and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 20, 1899, McKinstry delivered the oration to the Jubilee Celebration at <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a> commemorating 50 years of statehood.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McKinstry was awarded an honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor of Laws">LL.D.</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clubs">Clubs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elisha_W._McKinstry&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McKinstry was president of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_California_Pioneers" title="Society of California Pioneers">Society of California Pioneers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<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=Elisha_W._McKinstry&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 27, 1863, McKinstry was married to Annie L. Hedges at <a href="/wiki/Marysville,_California" title="Marysville, California">Marysville, California</a>, and they had two sons and two daughters: Capt. <a href="/wiki/Charles_H._McKinstry" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles H. McKinstry">Charles H. McKinstry</a>, Laura L. McKinstry, James C. McKinstry, and Frances McKinstry.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<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=Elisha_W._McKinstry&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><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></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=Elisha_W._McKinstry&action=edit&section=6" 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-edwards-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-edwards_1-0">^</a></b></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="CITEREFJohnson1963" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, J. 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December 21, 1899. p. 1<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 23,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sacramento+Daily+Union&rft.atitle=Fifty+Years+of+State+Government%2C+The+Semi-Centennial+Anniversary+of+Its+Establishment+Appropriately+Celebrated+at+San+Jose%2C+the+Old+Capital+City.&rft.volume=98&rft.issue=122&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1899-12-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcdnc.ucr.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fcdnc%3Fa%3Dd%26d%3DSDU18991221.2.2%26srpos%3D7%26e%3D------189-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%2522E.%2BW.%2BMcKinstry%2522%2Bnevada-ARTICLE------1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElisha+W.+McKinstry" class="Z3988"></span> Text of oration by Elisha W. McKinstry.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-obit-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-obit_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></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=LAH19011102.2.98">"Noted Jurist Passes Away"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Herald</i>. No. 32. California Digital Newspaper Collection. November 2, 1901. p. 4<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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McKinstry</a>. California Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved July 24, 2017</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.ca.gov/12523.htm">Past & Present Justices</a>. California State Courts. Retrieved July 19, 2017.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Isaac_S._Belcher" title="Isaac S. Belcher">Isaac S. Belcher</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Associate Justice of the <a href="/wiki/California_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="California Supreme Court">California Supreme Court</a> </b><br />1874 – 1888 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_D._Works" title="John D. Works">John D. 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