Background
A., Claude Watson, was born on June 26, 1885 in Wexford County, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph A. and Emma Jane (Dove) W.
A., Claude Watson, was born on June 26, 1885 in Wexford County, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph A. and Emma Jane (Dove) W.
Student Alma (Michigan). College, 1906-1907, Lincoln University, 1926-1927. Bachelor of Laws, LaSalle Extension University, 1920.
Juris Doctor, Blackstone College of Law.
Doctor of Laws, Greenville College.
Ordained ministry Free Methodist Church of North A., 1911, district superintendent South. California Conference, 1923-1933, 1940. Admitted to California bar and practicing attorney, since 1928. Senior member firm Watson & Stewart Prohibition candidate for vice president of the United States, 1936.
Candidate for attorney general, California, 1938, 42, 46.
Foreign president 1944, 48. Chairman and keynote speaker National Prohibition Convention, 1940.
Past secretary General Conference Free Methodist Church.
Member Traitors to American, California, Los Angeles bar associations, Lawyers. Clubs: Kiwanis (past president), Los Angeles Athletic (Los Angeles).
Married Maude L. Hagar, December 27, 1911. Children: Ralph Bradley, Claudia Jean, Robert Kendall.