Daniel M. Thomas
Daniel M. Thomas was an early California politician and pioneer to Los Angeles. He served on the second Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1853 to 1854, and was the first county judge for San Bernardino County, California.[1]
Thomas was a leading activist in the establishment of San Bernardino County,[2] and once was established, Thomas was elected as its first County Judge in January 1853.[3]:119[4] Outside of his political and judicial activities, he was a farmer.[1]
A 1922 account noted that "Daniel M. Thomas, who was elected with the first officers of the county at a special election held under the act creating the county in June, 1853, had the distinction of being the first county judge of San Bernardino County, and in the following fall, at the regular election, was chosen to succeed himself for a full term of four years. While he had no training in the law, he was a man of fair education and wielded some influence among his people, the Mormons, with whom he returned to Salt Lake in 1857".[3]
In 1860, Thomas was elected a probate judge in the Utah Territory.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Supervisor Daniel M. Thomas" (PDF). County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors.
- ↑ John F. Burns, Taming the Elephant: Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California (2003), p. 210.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brown Jr., John; Boyd, James, eds. (1922). "XII: The Courts and Lawyers of San Bernardino County". History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 118–127. Retrieved 10 August 2022. Search this book on
- ↑ "San Bernardino", The Placer Herald (July 23, 1853), p. 3.
- ↑ "Election of Territorial and other Officials by the Legislative Assembly", The Deseret News (December 26, 1860), p. 8.
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