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| name = Edwin B. Crocker |
| name = Edwin B. Crocker |
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| image = E_B_Crocker_by_Stephen_W_Shaw.jpg |
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| caption = Edwin B. Crocker, c. 1872 by [[Stephen William Shaw|Stephen W. Shaw]] |
| caption = Edwin B. Crocker, c. 1872 by [[Stephen William Shaw|Stephen W. Shaw]] |
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|office1 = Associate Justice of the [[California Supreme Court]] |
| office1 = Associate Justice of the [[California Supreme Court]] |
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|term_start1 = May 21, 1863 |
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| term_start1 = May 21, 1863 |
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| term_end1 = January 2, 1864 |
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|appointer1 = Governor [[Leland Stanford]] |
| appointer1 = Governor [[Leland Stanford]] |
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|predecessor1 = [[Stephen Johnson Field]] |
| predecessor1 = [[Stephen Johnson Field]] |
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|successor1 |
| successor1 = [[Constitution of California|Elections under 1862 amendment to California constitution and 1863 enabling law]] |
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| birth_name = Edwin Bryant Crocker |
| birth_name = Edwin Bryant Crocker |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1818|4|26|mf=y}} |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1818|4|26|mf=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Jamesville, New York]], |
| birth_place = [[Jamesville, New York]], USA |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1875|6|24|1818|4|26|mf=y}} |
| death_date = {{death date and age|1875|6|24|1818|4|26|mf=y}} |
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| death_place = [[Sacramento, California]], [[United States|USA]] |
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| death_place = [[Sacramento, California]], USA |
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| occupation = [[Lawyer]]<br> [[List of |
| known_for = [[Crocker Art Museum]] |
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| occupation = [[Lawyer]]<br> [[List of justices of the Supreme Court of California|California Supreme Court Justice]] |
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* {{marriage|Mary Norton|September 3, 1845|April 12, 1847|end=died}} |
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* {{marriage|Margaret Rhodes|July 8, 1852}} |
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| children = Mary Crocker 1848 |
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Kate Crocker 1854 |
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Edwin Crocker 1856 |
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Nellie Crocker 1857 |
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[[Aimée Crocker]]1863<br> |
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Elwood Crocker (adopted) 1870 |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Crocker was born in [[Jamesville, New York]] to Isaac and Elizabeth Crocker. He earned a degree in civil engineering at [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute|Rensselaer Institute]] in [[Troy, New York]]. He went on to [[read law]] in [[South Bend, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Commissioners and Sheriff's Sale|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87056240/1851-09-17/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1834&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=B+Crocker+Edwin&proxdistance=5&date2=1865&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Edwin+B.+Crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=The Plymouth Pilot (Plymouth, IN)|date=September 17, 1851|page=3}}</ref> While there, he started a practice that earned him a reputation as an [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Liberty Paper at Washington City|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82003410/1846-11-02/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1925&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=0&words=B+Crocker+E&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=e.+b.+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=The Daily Union (Wash, D.C.)|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=November 2, 1846}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=E. B. Crocker (advertisement)|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026752/1850-06-20/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1925&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=3&words=B+CROCKER+E&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=e.+b.+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=The National Era (Wash, D.C.)|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=June 20, 1850|page=100}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Movements for California|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1849-04-01/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1925&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=1&words=B+Crocker+E&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=e.+b.+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=The New York Herald|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=April 1, 1849|page=4}}</ref> In June 1850, Crocker lost a civil case brought by a slave owner for helping four slaves escaping from Kentucky.<ref>{{cite news|title=Important Decision|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015677/1850-06-20/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1925&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=2&words=B+Crocker+E&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=e.+b.+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=Indiana State Sentinel|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=June 20, 1850|page=1}}</ref> In July 1850, Crocker attended the [[Liberty Party (United States, 1840)|Liberty Party]] convention in [[Syracuse, New York]], where he retold the story of helping the slaves.<ref>{{cite news|title=Liberty Party Convention at Syracuse|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1850-07-09/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1925&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=6&words=B+Crocker+E&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=e.+b.+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=New-York Daily Tribune|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=July 9, 1850|page=1}}</ref> In June 1851, he spoke at the Christian Anti-Slavery State convention in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Christian Anti-Slavery Convention|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015677/1851-06-05/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1925&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=10&words=B+Crocker+E&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=e.+b.+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=Indiana State Sentinel|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspaper|date=June 5, 1851|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Anti-Slavery Christian Convention|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026752/1851-07-10/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1925&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=13&words=B+Crocker+E&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=e.+b.+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=The National Era (Wash, D.C.)|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=July 10, 1851|page=112}}</ref> In August 1852, he was named a delegate from Indiana to the [[Free Soil Party]] convention.<ref>{{cite news|title=Delegates to the National Free Soil Convention|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1852-08-07/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1834&index=1&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=B+Crocker+Edwin&proxdistance=5&date2=1865&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Edwin+B.+Crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=The New York Herald|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=August 7, 1852|page=2}}</ref> In 1852, he and his second wife Margaret Ellen Rhodes Crocker moved to Sacramento, California. |
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Crocker was born in [[Jamesville, New York]]. He earned a degree in civil engineering at [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute|Rensselaer Institute]] in [[Troy, New York]]. He went on to study law in [[Indiana]]. While there, he started a practice that earned him a reputation as an [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]]. Upon his second marriage, to Margaret Rhodes on July 8, 1852, Crocker and his wife moved to Sacramento, California.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|title=Judge Edwin B. Crocker (1818-1875) |publisher=Crocker Art Museum |url=http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/about/faq/26-judge-edwin-b-crocker-1818-1875 |year=2010 |accessdate=March 17, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121060703/http://crockerartmuseum.org/about/faq/26-judge-edwin-b-crocker-1818-1875 |archivedate=November 21, 2010 |df= }}</ref> |
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When they arrived in Sacramento, Crocker resumed his legal career. He was also involved in politics. On March 8, 1856, he chaired the state's first meeting of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref>{{cite news|title=First Republican Club|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18960914.2.43&srpos=2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Edwin+B.+Crocker%22-------1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=Sacramento Daily Union|issue=24|publisher=California Digital Newspaper Collection|date=14 September 1896|volume = 92|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A History of Long Ago, First Republican Club in This State Was Organized in Sacramento Fifty Years Ago Yesterday—Three Survivors|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SU19060309.2.12&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Edwin+B.+Crocker%22-------1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=Sacramento Union|issue=16|publisher=California Digital Newspaper Collection|date=9 March 1906|page=1|archive-date=12 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912233845/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SU19060309.2.12&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Edwin+B.+Crocker%22-------1|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1863, Governor [[Leland Stanford]] appointed Crocker as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court, which position he held from May 21, 1863, to January 2, 1864.<ref name="johnson">{{cite book|last1=Johnson|first1=J. Edward|title=History of the California Supreme Court: The Justices 1850-1900, vol 1|date=1963|publisher=Bender Moss Co|location=San Francisco, CA|pages=86–88|url=http://library.courtinfo.ca.gov/included/docs/SCJC_Vol_1.pdf|accessdate=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227124913/http://library.courtinfo.ca.gov/included/docs/SCJC_Vol_1.pdf|archive-date=December 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1863, elections were held for all seats on the Supreme Court due to an [[Constitution of California|1862 amendment]] to California constitution and 1863 enabling law, and Crocker chose to step down rather than seek re-election.<ref name="johnson"/> |
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When they arrived in Sacramento, Crocker resumed his legal career. He was also involved in politics. In 1854, he became the chair of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. In 1863, then-Governor [[Leland Stanford]] appointed him as a Justice of the California Supreme Court. The next year, Crocker agreed to serve as legal counsel for the [[Central Pacific Railroad]], a company run by the [[Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad)|Big Four]], which included Edwin's younger brother, [[Charles Crocker]].<ref>{{cite web| title=People & Events: Edwin Bryant Crocker (1818-1875)| publisher=Public Broadcasting Service| url= http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/peopleevents/p_ecrocker.html| date=1999–2003| accessdate=March 17, 2011}}</ref> |
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The next year, Crocker agreed to be legal counsel for the [[Central Pacific Railroad]], a company run by the [[Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad)|Big Four]], which included Edwin's younger brother, [[Charles Crocker]].<ref>{{cite news|title=To the Pacific Coast|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1909-10-12/ed-1/seq-17/#date1=1789&index=8&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Crocker+Edwin&proxdistance=5&date2=1925&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=edwin+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=Evening Star (Wash, D.C.)|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=October 12, 1909|page=17}}</ref> Crocker was the Central Pacific's attorney during the building of the [[First transcontinental railroad]], culminating in the ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at [[Promontory, Utah]], on May 10, 1869. |
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⚫ | [[File:Crocker Art Museum main entrance.jpg|thumb|left|Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California]]The stress of all of his work took a toll on Crocker. He suffered from a stroke in June 1869. He retired from his other pursuits and took up less stressful hobbies. Crocker and his family traveled throughout [[Europe]] and collected art. His family renovated their home to include an art gallery. Their home and the art that they had acquired would eventually become the [[Crocker Art Museum]].<ref name="bio"/> |
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⚫ | [[File:Crocker Art Museum main entrance.jpg|thumb|left|Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California]]The stress of all of his work took a toll on Crocker. He suffered from a stroke in June 1869. He retired from his other pursuits and took up less stressful hobbies. With a net worth of a million dollars from railroad investments, Crocker and his family traveled throughout [[Europe]] and collected art.<ref>{{cite news|title=San Francisco. It's Men.|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014064/1871-06-22/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&sort=date&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=0&words=B+Crocker+E&proxdistance=5&date2=1925&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=e.+b.+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=4|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=June 22, 1871|page=2|quote=Charles Crocker, a large, stout florid man, is Vice President of the Central Pacific and worth $6,000,000. E. B. Crocker, ex-State Justice, brother to the above, is worth $1,000,000.}}</ref> His family renovated their home to include an art gallery. Their home and the art that they had acquired would eventually become the [[Crocker Art Museum]].<ref name="bio"/> |
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===Death=== |
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[[File:Gravesite of EB Crocker & Family.jpg|thumb|Crocker Gravesite]]After his stroke, Crocker's health never fully recovered. On June 24, 1875, he died in Sacramento. He is interred in the [[Sacramento Historic City Cemetery]] in Sacramento, California.<ref name="tour">{{cite web| title=Self Guided Tour| publisher=Old City Cemetery Committee, Inc.| date=January 2006| accessdate=January 29, 2011| url= http://www.oldcitycemetery.com/images/PDF/SelfTour.pdf}}</ref> |
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[[File:Gravesite of EB Crocker & Family.jpg|thumb|Crocker Gravesite]]After his stroke, Crocker's health never fully recovered. On June 24, 1875, he died in Sacramento.<ref>{{cite news|title=Latest Telegrams|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86076199/1875-06-25/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&sort=date&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=7&words=B+Crocker+E&proxdistance=5&date2=1925&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=e.+b.+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=4|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=Carson Daily Appeal (Carson, NV)|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=June 25, 1875|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Judge Crocker Dead|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038806/1875-06-26/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&sort=date&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=8&words=B+Crocker+E&proxdistance=5&date2=1925&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=e.+b.+crocker&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=4|accessdate=September 12, 2017|work=Los Angeles Daily Herald|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|date=June 26, 1875|page=2}}</ref> He is interred in the [[Sacramento Historic City Cemetery]] in Sacramento, California.<ref name="tour">{{cite web| title=Self Guided Tour| publisher=Old City Cemetery Committee, Inc.| date=January 2006| accessdate=January 29, 2011| url=http://www.oldcitycemetery.com/images/PDF/SelfTour.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209075708/http://oldcitycemetery.com/images/PDF/SelfTour.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2017-12-09}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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On September 3, 1845, Crocker married Mary Norton in [[Mishawaka, Indiana]]. She died on April 12, 1847, in South Bend, Indiana. They had a daughter, also named Mary. |
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On July 8, 1852, he remarried to Margaret Rhodes in New York in a ceremony performed by [[Henry Ward Beecher]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web|title=Judge Edwin B. Crocker (1818-1875) |publisher=Crocker Art Museum |url=http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/about/faq/26-judge-edwin-b-crocker-1818-1875 |year=2010 |accessdate=March 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121060703/http://crockerartmuseum.org/about/faq/26-judge-edwin-b-crocker-1818-1875 |archivedate=November 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="johnson"/> They had four daughters: [[Aimée Crocker]], [[Jennie Louise Crocker Fassett]], Nellie Margaret and Kate Eugenie Gunn, and two sons Edwin Clark, who died as a baby, and Elwood Bender, a relative who they adopted. |
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===Family tree=== |
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{{Crocker family tree}} |
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* [[Warner Cope]] |
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* [[Edward Norton (judge)|Edward Norton]] |
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==External links== |
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* [https://oac.cdlib.org/search?style=oac4;Institution=California%20State%20Library::California%20History%20Room;idT=001398022 Edwin Crocker Family papers, 1885-1936.] |
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* {{Find a Grave|4196}} |
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*[http://www.courts.ca.gov/12523.htm Past & Present Justices]. California State Courts. Retrieved July 19, 2017. |
* [http://www.courts.ca.gov/12523.htm Past & Present Justices]. California State Courts. Retrieved July 19, 2017. |
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* [https://calisphere.org/item/25625e88c02a5ea4c3f4892082d012da/ Portrait of Edwin B. Crocker] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912234541/https://calisphere.org/item/25625e88c02a5ea4c3f4892082d012da/ |date=2017-09-12 }}. Calisphere.org. |
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Latest revision as of 22:53, 17 March 2024
Edwin B. Crocker | |
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Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court | |
In office May 21, 1863 – January 2, 1864 | |
Appointed by | Governor Leland Stanford |
Preceded by | Stephen Johnson Field |
Succeeded by | Elections under 1862 amendment to California constitution and 1863 enabling law |
Personal details | |
Born | Edwin Bryant Crocker April 26, 1818 Jamesville, New York, USA |
Died | June 24, 1875 Sacramento, California, USA | (aged 57)
Spouses | Mary Norton
(m. 1845; died 1847)Margaret Rhodes (m. 1852) |
Children | Mary Crocker 1848
Kate Crocker 1854 Edwin Crocker 1856 Nellie Crocker 1857 Jennie Louise Crocker Fassett 1860 Aimée Crocker1863Elwood Crocker (adopted) 1870 |
Occupation | Lawyer California Supreme Court Justice |
Known for | Crocker Art Museum |
Edwin Bryant Crocker (26 April 1818 – 24 June 1875) was a California Supreme Court Justice and founder of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California.
Biography[edit]
Crocker was born in Jamesville, New York to Isaac and Elizabeth Crocker. He earned a degree in civil engineering at Rensselaer Institute in Troy, New York. He went on to read law in South Bend, Indiana.[1] While there, he started a practice that earned him a reputation as an abolitionist.[2][3][4] In June 1850, Crocker lost a civil case brought by a slave owner for helping four slaves escaping from Kentucky.[5] In July 1850, Crocker attended the Liberty Party convention in Syracuse, New York, where he retold the story of helping the slaves.[6] In June 1851, he spoke at the Christian Anti-Slavery State convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.[7][8] In August 1852, he was named a delegate from Indiana to the Free Soil Party convention.[9] In 1852, he and his second wife Margaret Ellen Rhodes Crocker moved to Sacramento, California.
When they arrived in Sacramento, Crocker resumed his legal career. He was also involved in politics. On March 8, 1856, he chaired the state's first meeting of the Republican Party.[10][11] In 1863, Governor Leland Stanford appointed Crocker as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court, which position he held from May 21, 1863, to January 2, 1864.[12] In 1863, elections were held for all seats on the Supreme Court due to an 1862 amendment to California constitution and 1863 enabling law, and Crocker chose to step down rather than seek re-election.[12]
The next year, Crocker agreed to be legal counsel for the Central Pacific Railroad, a company run by the Big Four, which included Edwin's younger brother, Charles Crocker.[13] Crocker was the Central Pacific's attorney during the building of the First transcontinental railroad, culminating in the ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869.
The stress of all of his work took a toll on Crocker. He suffered from a stroke in June 1869. He retired from his other pursuits and took up less stressful hobbies. With a net worth of a million dollars from railroad investments, Crocker and his family traveled throughout Europe and collected art.[14] His family renovated their home to include an art gallery. Their home and the art that they had acquired would eventually become the Crocker Art Museum.[15]
After his stroke, Crocker's health never fully recovered. On June 24, 1875, he died in Sacramento.[16][17] He is interred in the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery in Sacramento, California.[18]
Personal life[edit]
On September 3, 1845, Crocker married Mary Norton in Mishawaka, Indiana. She died on April 12, 1847, in South Bend, Indiana. They had a daughter, also named Mary. On July 8, 1852, he remarried to Margaret Rhodes in New York in a ceremony performed by Henry Ward Beecher.[15][12] They had four daughters: Aimée Crocker, Jennie Louise Crocker Fassett, Nellie Margaret and Kate Eugenie Gunn, and two sons Edwin Clark, who died as a baby, and Elwood Bender, a relative who they adopted.
Family tree[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Commissioners and Sheriff's Sale". The Plymouth Pilot (Plymouth, IN). September 17, 1851. p. 3. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Liberty Paper at Washington City". The Daily Union (Wash, D.C.). Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. November 2, 1846. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "E. B. Crocker (advertisement)". The National Era (Wash, D.C.). Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. June 20, 1850. p. 100. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Movements for California". The New York Herald. Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. April 1, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Important Decision". Indiana State Sentinel. Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. June 20, 1850. p. 1. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Liberty Party Convention at Syracuse". New-York Daily Tribune. Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. July 9, 1850. p. 1. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "The Christian Anti-Slavery Convention". Indiana State Sentinel. Library of Congress Historic Newspaper. June 5, 1851. p. 1. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Anti-Slavery Christian Convention". The National Era (Wash, D.C.). Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. July 10, 1851. p. 112. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Delegates to the National Free Soil Convention". The New York Herald. Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. August 7, 1852. p. 2. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "First Republican Club". Sacramento Daily Union. Vol. 92, no. 24. California Digital Newspaper Collection. 14 September 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "A History of Long Ago, First Republican Club in This State Was Organized in Sacramento Fifty Years Ago Yesterday—Three Survivors". Sacramento Union. No. 16. California Digital Newspaper Collection. 9 March 1906. p. 1. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c Johnson, J. Edward (1963). History of the California Supreme Court: The Justices 1850-1900, vol 1 (PDF). San Francisco, CA: Bender Moss Co. pp. 86–88. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ^ "To the Pacific Coast". Evening Star (Wash, D.C.). Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. October 12, 1909. p. 17. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "San Francisco. It's Men". Chicago Tribune. Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. June 22, 1871. p. 2. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
Charles Crocker, a large, stout florid man, is Vice President of the Central Pacific and worth $6,000,000. E. B. Crocker, ex-State Justice, brother to the above, is worth $1,000,000.
- ^ a b "Judge Edwin B. Crocker (1818-1875)". Crocker Art Museum. 2010. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ "Latest Telegrams". Carson Daily Appeal (Carson, NV). Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. June 25, 1875. p. 3. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Judge Crocker Dead". Los Angeles Daily Herald. Library of Congress Historic Newspapers. June 26, 1875. p. 2. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- ^ "Self Guided Tour" (PDF). Old City Cemetery Committee, Inc. January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-09. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
- ^ https://www.geni.com/people/William-Henry-Crocker/6000000014385145399
External links[edit]
- Edwin Crocker Family papers, 1885-1936.
- Edwin B. Crocker at Find a Grave
- Past & Present Justices. California State Courts. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- Portrait of Edwin B. Crocker Archived 2017-09-12 at the Wayback Machine. Calisphere.org.
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