Elisha Oscar Crosby

American politician

Elisha Oscar Crosby
Born	July 18, 1818 Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Died	June 25, 1895 Alameda, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, politician, diplomat
Children	Edward Crosby

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]

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Elisha Oscar Crosby Papers". Online Archive of California. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^ 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.