Background
Melvin, Henry Alexander was born on September 28, 1865 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Houston (Doctor of Medicine and Sarah Amanda (Slemmons) M.
Melvin, Henry Alexander was born on September 28, 1865 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Houston (Doctor of Medicine and Sarah Amanda (Slemmons) M.
Bachelor of Philisophy, University of California, 1889. Bachelor of Laws, Hastings College of Law (University of California), 1892.
Assistant district attorney Alameda Company, California, 1893-1894. Prosecuting attorney, City of Oakland, 1894-1899. Chief deputy district attorney, Alameda Company (excepting 3 months when acting as deputy attorney-general California), 1899-1901.
Judge of Superior Court, Alameda Company, 1901-1908. Justice Supreme Court of the California, September 28, since 1908. Term expires January 1923.
Professor legal medicine, Oakland College of Medicine and Surgery, since 1906.
Married Sarah Louise Morse, June 14, 1893.