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HENRY C. DILLON
District Attorney

1892-1894

District Attorney Henry C. Dillon

Henry C. Dillon

Henry Clay Dillon (1892-1894) was born in Wisconsin and practiced law in both his home state and Colorado before coming to California in the late 1880s. In addition to serving as district attorney between 1892 and 1894, Dillon also was president of the Long Beach School Board, served as the Long Beach City Attorney, and was a commissioner of the Los Angeles Juvenile Court. Well-known as an orator in Los Angeles legal circles, Dillon became a lecturer at the University of Southern California College of Law, which officially opened in 1901.