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288:, and served from January 2, 1864, until 1880. He served as the 10th Chief Justice from 1870 to 1872. His first term expired January 1, 1872, and the Court referred the issue of whether he would continue to serve as Chief Justice to a panel of three San Francisco attorneys. They decided that Article 6, Section 3, of the 1862 state
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311:. The vacancy on the trial bench caused by Rhodes's retirement (at the age of 88) was filled by
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Ancestry.com message board giving dates for Elizabeth Cavins Rhodes.
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420:. Clinton, N.Y.: Hamilton College. 1907. p. 50.
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