13 Facts About Anthony Caminetti

Anthony Caminetti was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from California from 1891 to 1895.

Anthony Caminetti studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Jackson.

Anthony Caminetti was the district attorney of Amador County from 1878 until 1882.

Anthony Caminetti's great-grandfather, George Holland, was a First Lieutenant in the Continental army, and was with Washington at Valley Forge.

Anthony Caminetti was a member of the State Senate from 1885 to 1887.

Anthony Caminetti was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third United States Congresses.

Anthony Caminetti was an unsuccessful candidate in 1894 for reelection to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

Anthony Caminetti was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896 and again a member of the State Assembly from 1897 until 1901.

Anthony Caminetti was a member of the State Senate from 1907 to 1913.

In 1907, during his second time in the State Senate, Anthony Caminetti brought about the enactment of the Upward Extension Act, the first state law in the United States to formally authorize the creation of junior colleges.

Anthony Caminetti served as United States Commissioner General of Immigration from 1913 to 1921.

In 1913, his son, Farley Drew Anthony Caminetti, was arrested under the Mann Act when he took his mistress to Reno, Nevada across the state line.

Anthony Caminetti engaged in the practice of law in Jackson, California until his death in 1923.