Serranus Clinton Hastings

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Serranus Clinton Hastings was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and philanthropist who became a prominent figure in California’s early legal and political history, including founding the law school that long bore his name.

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instanceOf human
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Hamilton College
familyName Hastings
fieldOfWork jurisprudence
law
politics
founded UC Hastings College of the Law
surface form: Hastings College of the Law
givenName Serranus
hasParticularHistoricalRole early California legal history figure
early California political leader
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
notableFor founding a public law school in San Francisco
role in establishing California’s legal institutions
notableWork founding of Hastings College of the Law
occupation judge
lawyer
philanthropist
politician
placeOfBirth New York
surface form: New York, United States
placeOfDeath California, United States
positionHeld Attorney General of California
Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California
residence California, United States
Iowa
surface form: Iowa, United States
sexOrGender male
significantEvent participation in early legal development of California
service in early California state government
timePeriod 19th century

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Chief Justice of California inauguralHolder Serranus Clinton Hastings