Sacramento County Biographies

JUDGE J. H. McKUNE

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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	was born in Sullivan county, New York, on the 22d of March, 
1819. He read law from 1839 to 1844 with Bentley & Richards, of Montrose, Pa. 
Mr. McKune was admitted to the bar in 1844. In 1849 he came to California where 
he worked at mining till 1850, when he settled in Sacramento City. At the 
election, April, 1850, he was elected County Attorney, and held the office for 
two years. The President of the United States appointed Mr. McKune law agent for 
the U. S. Land Commission in 1854, and he held that office two years. At the 
general election of 1856, he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the 
Legislature, and during the session of 1857 he took a prominent part, acting as 
Chairman of the Committee appointed to conduct the impeachment of State 
Treasurer Bates. He was elected District Judge of the Sixth Judicial District, 
at the election of 1858, and at the special election of 1863, having been the 
candidate of time Douglas Democrats. This office he held till December 31, 1869, 
since which Mr. McKune has practiced law in all the courts of the State, as well 
as in the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1872 he was appointed one of 
the Code Commissioners; on the 26th of February, 1855, Mr. McKune married Mary 
G. Burnett. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.