Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 22, 1813. Mr. Hastings completed a preparatory course at Gouverneur Academy and was graduated from Hamilton College. He was principal of Norwich Academy in 1834, then moved to Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1835. Mr. Hastings edited the Indiana Signal in 1836. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, and commenced practice in what is now Burlington, Iowa. When Iowa was made a separate Territory he served as a member of the Territorial council 1838-1846, and was president of the council for one session. Upon the admission of Iowa as a State into the Union he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from December 28, 1846, to March 3, 1847. Mr. Hastings was not a candidate for re-nomination. He was chief justice of the supreme court of Iowa in 1848, then resigned in 1849 and moved to Benicia, Calif. He served as chief justice of the supreme court of California 1849-1851, attorney general of the State in 1851, and at the end of his term of two years retired to private life. Mr. Hastings founded and endowed Hastings College of Law in the University of California in 1878. He engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Hastings died in San Francisco, Calif., February 18, 1893, and interment in St. Helena Cemetery, St. Helena, California.

Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 22, 1813. Mr. Hastings completed a preparatory course at Gouverneur Academy and was graduated from Hamilton College. He was principal of Norwich Academy in 1834, then moved to Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1835. Mr. Hastings edited the Indiana Signal in 1836. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, and commenced practice in what is now Burlington, Iowa. When Iowa was made a separate Territory he served as a member of the Territorial council 1838-1846, and was president of the council for one session. Upon the admission of Iowa as a State into the Union he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from December 28, 1846, to March 3, 1847. Mr. Hastings was not a candidate for re-nomination. He was chief justice of the supreme court of Iowa in 1848, then resigned in 1849 and moved to Benicia, Calif. He served as chief justice of the supreme court of California 1849-1851, attorney general of the State in 1851, and at the end of his term of two years retired to private life. Mr. Hastings founded and endowed Hastings College of Law in the University of California in 1878. He engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Hastings died in San Francisco, Calif., February 18, 1893, and interment in St. Helena Cemetery, St. Helena, California.

Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 22, 1813. Mr. Hastings completed a preparatory course at Gouverneur Academy and was graduated from Hamilton College. He was principal of Norwich Academy in 1834, then moved to Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1835. Mr. Hastings edited the Indiana Signal in 1836. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, and commenced practice in what is now Burlington, Iowa. When Iowa was made a separate Territory he served as a member of the Territorial council 1838-1846, and was president of the council for one session. Upon the admission of Iowa as a State into the Union he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from December 28, 1846, to March 3, 1847. Mr. Hastings was not a candidate for re-nomination. He was chief justice of the supreme court of Iowa in 1848, then resigned in 1849 and moved to Benicia, Calif. He served as chief justice of the supreme court of California 1849-1851, attorney general of the State in 1851, and at the end of his term of two years retired to private life. Mr. Hastings founded and endowed Hastings College of Law in the University of California in 1878. He engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Hastings died in San Francisco, Calif., February 18, 1893, and interment in St. Helena Cemetery, St. Helena, California.

Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 22, 1813. Mr. Hastings completed a preparatory course at Gouverneur Academy and was graduated from Hamilton College. He was principal of Norwich Academy in 1834, then moved to Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1835. Mr. Hastings edited the Indiana Signal in 1836. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, and commenced practice in what is now Burlington, Iowa. When Iowa was made a separate Territory he served as a member of the Territorial council 1838-1846, and was president of the council for one session. Upon the admission of Iowa as a State into the Union he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from December 28, 1846, to March 3, 1847. Mr. Hastings was not a candidate for re-nomination. He was chief justice of the supreme court of Iowa in 1848, then resigned in 1849 and moved to Benicia, Calif. He served as chief justice of the supreme court of California 1849-1851, attorney general of the State in 1851, and at the end of his term of two years retired to private life. Mr. Hastings founded and endowed Hastings College of Law in the University of California in 1878. He engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Hastings died in San Francisco, Calif., February 18, 1893, and interment in St. Helena Cemetery, St. Helena, California.

Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 22, 1813. Mr. Hastings completed a preparatory course at Gouverneur Academy and was graduated from Hamilton College. He was principal of Norwich Academy in 1834, then moved to Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1835. Mr. Hastings edited the Indiana Signal in 1836. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, and commenced practice in what is now Burlington, Iowa. When Iowa was made a separate Territory he served as a member of the Territorial council 1838-1846, and was president of the council for one session. Upon the admission of Iowa as a State into the Union he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from December 28, 1846, to March 3, 1847. Mr. Hastings was not a candidate for re-nomination. He was chief justice of the supreme court of Iowa in 1848, then resigned in 1849 and moved to Benicia, Calif. He served as chief justice of the supreme court of California 1849-1851, attorney general of the State in 1851, and at the end of his term of two years retired to private life. Mr. Hastings founded and endowed Hastings College of Law in the University of California in 1878. He engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Hastings died in San Francisco, Calif., February 18, 1893, and interment in St. Helena Cemetery, St. Helena, California.

Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 22, 1813. Mr. Hastings completed a preparatory course at Gouverneur Academy and was graduated from Hamilton College. He was principal of Norwich Academy in 1834, then moved to Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1835. Mr. Hastings edited the Indiana Signal in 1836. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, and commenced practice in what is now Burlington, Iowa. When Iowa was made a separate Territory he served as a member of the Territorial council 1838-1846, and was president of the council for one session. Upon the admission of Iowa as a State into the Union he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from December 28, 1846, to March 3, 1847. Mr. Hastings was not a candidate for re-nomination. He was chief justice of the supreme court of Iowa in 1848, then resigned in 1849 and moved to Benicia, Calif. He served as chief justice of the supreme court of California 1849-1851, attorney general of the State in 1851, and at the end of his term of two years retired to private life. Mr. Hastings founded and endowed Hastings College of Law in the University of California in 1878. He engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Hastings died in San Francisco, Calif., February 18, 1893, and interment in St. Helena Cemetery, St. Helena, California.