Edward J. Livernash
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Edward James Livernash was a U.S. Representative
from California
, subsequently Edward James de Nivernais.
Born in Lower Calveritas, a California mining camp, near San Andreas, Livernash attended the common schools of California.
He became a printer at the age of fifteen, and a year later founded a country newspaper at Cloverdale, California
.
He studied law in preparation for journalism.
He was admitted to the bar
in 1887.
Joined the staff of the San Francisco Examiner in 1891 and held various editorial posts.
He was sent by the Klondike miners in 1897 as commissioner to the Dominion of Canada to urge a modification of onerous laws.
Livernash was elected on a Democratic and Union Labor
ticket to the Fifty-eighth
Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905).
He became the editor of the Denver News in 1906.
Resided in France from 1909 to 1912, when he returned to the United States and settled near Belmont, California
.
He engaged in study and literary pursuits.
After his congressional service he resumed the French form of the family name, de Nivernais, by decree of court.
He died in Agnew, California, June 1, 1938.
He remains were cremated at Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma, California
.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, subsequently Edward James de Nivernais.
Born in Lower Calveritas, a California mining camp, near San Andreas, Livernash attended the common schools of California.
He became a printer at the age of fifteen, and a year later founded a country newspaper at Cloverdale, California
Cloverdale, California
Cloverdale is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States. The San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad reached Cloverdale in 1872. The Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California is headquartered here...
.
He studied law in preparation for journalism.
He was admitted to the bar
Admission to the bar in the United States
In the United States, admission to the bar is the granting of permission by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law in that system. Each U.S. state and similar jurisdiction has its own court system and sets its own rules for bar admission , which can lead to different admission...
in 1887.
Joined the staff of the San Francisco Examiner in 1891 and held various editorial posts.
He was sent by the Klondike miners in 1897 as commissioner to the Dominion of Canada to urge a modification of onerous laws.
Livernash was elected on a Democratic and Union Labor
Union Labor Party (California)
The Union Labor Party was a San Francisco, California working class political party of the first decade of the 20th century. The organization, which endorsed the doctrine of nativism, rose to prominence in both the labor movement and urban politics in the years after 1901, electing its nominee as...
ticket to the Fifty-eighth
58th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:...
Congress (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905).
He became the editor of the Denver News in 1906.
Resided in France from 1909 to 1912, when he returned to the United States and settled near Belmont, California
Belmont, California
Belmont is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. It is in the San Francisco Bay Area, located half-way down the San Francisco Peninsula between San Mateo and San Carlos. It was originally part of the Rancho de las Pulgas, for which one of its main roads, the Alameda de las Pulgas,...
.
He engaged in study and literary pursuits.
After his congressional service he resumed the French form of the family name, de Nivernais, by decree of court.
He died in Agnew, California, June 1, 1938.
He remains were cremated at Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma, California
Colma, California
Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,792 at the 2010 census. The town was founded as a necropolis in 1924....
.