Jesse W. Carter
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Jesse Washington Carter
Born December 19, 1881 in Carville California, Carter was raised in Western Star Lodge No. 2 in 1914. He has previously been admitted to the California bar in 1913. Appointed to the California Supreme Court bench in 1939. (Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=ZvBjhJr9Ev0C&pg=PA187&dq=%22western+star+lodge+no.+2%22+-arkansas&hl=en&ei=VHhXTIDcOpT6swO17o3NDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=%22western%20star%20lodge%20no.%202%22&f=false)
Carter served as Shasta County District Attorney from 1919 to 1927. Served in the California State Senate in 1939. Died in 1959. (Source: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter5.html)
Further Reading
- The Great Dissents of the Lone Dissenter: Justice Jesse W. Carter's Twenty Tumultuous Years on the California Supreme Court by David B. Oppenheimer
