James Norris Gillett Collection, 1880-1971

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James Norris Gillett Collection, 1880-1971

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SNAC Resource ID: 6663824

California state library

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Gillett family

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Biography James Norris Gillett was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin, September 20, 1860 to Cyrus F. Gillett and Sarah Jane Norris. He graduated from high school in Sparta, Wisconsin. He was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1881. He came west, first to Montana, then Washington and in 1884 to California. He opened a law practice in Eureka. He became Eureka City Attorney in 1890. He was later elected State Senator, 1896, Congressman, 1902 and 1904, an...

Gillett, James Norris, 1860-1937

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James Norris Gillett served as Governor of California 1907-1911 and was an attorney in San Francisco. His son James Norris Gillett, Jr. was Senior Referee of the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board in Sacramento. From the description of James Norris Gillett Collection, 1880-1971. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58744654 ...