Sacramento County Biographies

HON. THOMAS J. CLUNIE

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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SACRAMENTO TOWNSHIP.
Page 281.
 
	was born in 1849, at St. Johns, Newfoundland, where his 
parents had gone on a visit. In 1855 his parents removed to California, and 
settled in Sacramento. Mr. Clunie was educated, principally, in the public 
schools of Sacramento; the Legislature of California of 1867 passed a law 
declaring Thomas Jefferson Clunie, a minor, of lawful age, though but eighteen 
years old. He at once applied to the Supreme Court, and (after passing a severe 
examination, of which the Press of Sacramento spoke in the highest terms) was 
admitted to practice in the highest Court of the State. Mr. Clunie at once went 
into the practice, having formed a partnership with the Hon. A. C. Freeman, 
which continued for five years. At the lapse of this time he formed a 
partnership with the Hon. N. Greene Curtis, with whom he is now associated. Mr. 
Clunie, in politics, has always been a Democrat: he was elected to the 
Legislature from Sacramento County, and the record there made induced the 
Democrats of the Second Congressional District to nominate Mr. Clunie for 
Congress in 1879. The District is strongly Republican; the Democratic ticket 
received 5,000 votes, while Mr. Clunie although defeated received about 13,000 
votes. He was one of the projectors of the Sacramento Street Railway, and of the 
Riverside Turnpike Drive in East Park. Mr. Clunie owns a fine building on the 
corner of Eighth and K streets; the lot is 200 feet on K street by 160 feet on 
Eighth street. This is doubtless the largest piece of land held by one owner in 
the business center of Sacramento City. A fine view of the building may be seen 
on page 26 of this book. 

Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.