Elisha Oscar Crosby (July 18, 1818 - June 25, 1895) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat.[1] He served as a member of the California State Senate from 1849 to 1852.[2] As a state senator, he served as chair of the Judiciary Committee, and in that capacity prepared the committee report resulting in the enactment of a reception statute by which the newly formed state of California adopted the common law as the basis for its legal system.[3] He served as the United States Minister Resident to Guatemala from 1861 to 1864.[2] By the 1870s, he settled in Alameda, California, where he became a justice of peace.[2]

Elisha Oscar Crosby
Crosby in 1886
BornJuly 18, 1818
DiedJune 25, 1895
Occupation(s)Lawyer, politician, diplomat
ChildrenEdward Crosby

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  1. ^ Barker, Charles A. (June 1948). "Elisha Oscar Crosby: A California Lawyer in the Eighteen-Fifties". California Historical Society Quarterly. 27 (2): 133–140. doi:10.2307/25156097. JSTOR 25156097.
  2. ^ a b c "Elisha Oscar Crosby Papers". Online Archive of California. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  3. ^ McMurray, Orrin K. (July 1915). "The Beginnings of the Community Property System in California and the Adoption of the Common Law" (PDF). California Law Review. 3 (5): 359–380. doi:10.2307/3474579. JSTOR 3474579. Retrieved 9 September 2020.