Sacramento County
Biographies
JAMES V. HART
To the man who
realizes early in life the necessity of choosing a specific vocation, centering
therein his most faithful attention and guided at all times by principles of
justice and honor, success is both sure and permanent. Although one of the youngest members of his
profession, city attorney of Sacramento, James V. Hart has attained a place
among his colleagues which is entirely the result of his own perseverance and manly courage, and
he is regarded justly as well worthy of the confidence and approbation which he
enjoys throughout the community.
A native of California, his birth having occurred February
5, 1882,
in Willows, Glenn county, Mr. Hart received a public
school education in his home town and in 1904 graduated from the University of
the Pacific in San Jose. The
following fall he entered Stanford University, his spirit of determination and
love of intellectual pur-suits lending to his most
arduous mental tasks an interest which enabled him to not only keep abreast of
his fellow students but, also, to win a place among those who ranked highest in
his classes. Sup-plementing
a year’s law course at Stanford, he was appointed county law librarian in 1907
and during his service studied his chosen voca-tion
with increasing pleasure, his thorough mastery of the subject admitting him to
the bar in 1908. In November, scarcely a
year later, owing to the general favor with which he was regarded, not only by
his associates, but by leading citizens, as well, he was elected to the office
of city attorney, conducting his new duties with a skill and wise judgment that
won him unanimous commendation.
June 2, 1910, in Sacramento, Mr. Hart was united in marriage with Miss Frances Panabaker, who was born in 1886, the daughter of Ed.
E. and Rose
(Williams) Panabaker of Sacramento. Mrs. Hart
is a woman of exceptional tact and sympathetic understanding and renders her
husband immeasurable aid in maintaining the serenity of spirit so essential to
the proper discharge of public duties.
A Republican of
note, Mr. Hart is recognized as a man who not only plans improvements in party
measures, but who, by means of his influence and executive ability is enabled
to carry them out, and in all his dealings exhibits the most candid methods,
free from a shadow of equivocation.
Fraternally he is allied with Sunset parlor, N. S. G. W., and is also an
active and popular member of the Sutter Club.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento
County, California, Pages 488-491.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1913.
© 2005 Sally Kaleta.