Alameda County Biographies

ANDREW E. JOHNSTONE

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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There is no more efficient, able and farsighted man in public service in Oakland than Andrew E. 
Johnstone, chief deputy county clerk of Alameda county. He was born in New Brunswick, Canada, 
on the 8th of September, 1876, and is a son of Robert and Martha Johnstone, who came to 
Oakland in 1883. In this city their son attended public school, graduating from the high school 
in 1894 and afterward entering the University of California, from which he received a degree in 
pharmacy after two years. He began his business career as pharmacist with Leber & Jackson 
Brothers, druggists, in Oakland, and he continued to hold this position until 1903, when he 
resigned in order to become manager of the Oakland Crematory. After one year he became deputy 
in the registration department of the county clerk's office, where three years of able and 
practical work brought him advancement to the position of chief deputy. He is still serving 
and has proved capable and farsighted in the discharge of his duties, being today one of the 
most popular men on the roster of county officials.
	Fraternally Mr. Johnstone is identified with the Masonic order, the Benevolent 
Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World and the Loyal Order of Moose, and he is 
past president of Live Oak Chapter, National Union. He has been a resident of Oakland since 
his childhood and has become well known to his fellow citizens, who hold him in high esteem 
for his many sterling qualities of mind and character and his genuine personal worth.
 
Past & Present of Alameda County, California � Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1914, p. 53