Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 2.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 90.
 
JUDGE JOHN LANGDON RAND

     No lawyer in this generation stands higher in the estimation of the bar of
Oregon than does the distinguished jurist whose name forms the caption to this
sketch. For over forty years he has borne an unsullied reputation as a leading
exemplar of the noblest ethics and traditions of his profession and his ability
and attainments are such as to excite the admiration and command the respect of
all who know him, while his opinions as a member of the highest judicial
tribunal of the state are models of learning and justice.
     Judge Rand was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the 28th of October,
1861, and is a son of John Sullivan and Elvira Wallace (Odiorne) Rand. He comes
of sterling old American stock, the first representative of the name in this
country having been Francis Rand, who settled in Rye, New Hampshire, in 1632.
The great-grandfather, Ephraim Rand, served in the American army during the war
of the Revolution and died in New York of smallpox. In the maternal line the
first progenitor in this country located - at Odiorne's Point, near Portsmouth,
in 1623, the year in which the first settlement was made in New Hampshire. John
S. and Elvira W. Rand were natives of New Hampshire, where the father followed
the: vocation of farming, and also taught school. In 1852 he went to California
but returned east in 1855 and spent his remaining year's the Granite state. To
him and his wife were born six children, as follows: J. C., who went to Little
Rock, Arkansas, and engaged in the lumber business ; Lula; Irving W., who became
a surgeon in the United States Army; Charles B., a merchant of Boston,
Massachusetts ; Henry A., who still lives on the 61d home farm; and John L.
     John L. Rand attended the public schools of his home neighborhood and then
entered Dartmouth College, where he was graduated in 1883. He then became a
teacher in Whitman College, at Walla Walla, where he remained for two years,
studying law in the meantime under N. T. Caton. He was admitted to the bar of
that state in May, 1885, and in the 'following year was licensed to practice in
the courts of Oregon. In July, 1886, he located in Baker city, Oregon, where his
ability gained quick recognition and during the following thirty-five years he
held a place in the front rank 'of the legal practitioners of his section of the
state, serving as counsel for a number of. important railroad, lumber and mining
companies. In 1888 he was elected district attorney of the sixth judicial
district, comprising seven counties, and served with distinction for four years.
In October, 1921, he was appointed an associate justice of the state supreme
court, being duly elected to that position in the fall of that year for a
six-year term. His varied. accurate and profound knowledge of the law and his
power of logical analysis have gained for him a high place among his colleagues
of the bench and he is regarded as one of its strongest members.
     In 1895 Judge Rand was united in marriage to Miss Edith G. Packwood, a
daughter of William H. Packwood, a pioneer of Oregon and a member of its
constitutional convention. To Judge and Mrs. Rand have been born two sons.
Irving, born October 27, 1896, graduated from Dartmouth College and Harvard Law
School and is now engaged in the practice of law in Portland. Langdon, born
March 22, 1901, is engaged in business in Detroit, Michigan. Both sons are
married.
     Politically Judge Rand is a republican and has been active in public
affairs. He served in the state senate from 1903 to 1905, representing the
counties of Baker, Malheur and Harney, and in 1920 he served as a delegate at
large to the republican national convention. He is a member, of Baker City
Lodge, No. 47, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a past master; Keystone Chapter,
No. 15, R. A. M., of which he is a past high priest; Baker Commandery, No. 9, K.
T., of which he is a past eminent commander ; Oregon Consistory, A. A. S. R.;
and Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Portland. He also belongs to Baker
Lodge, No. 338, B. P. O. E., and the Knights of Pythias. He was also a member of
the Commercial Club of Baker city. In every relation of life he has measured up
to the highest standard of manhood and citizenship and to an unusual degree has
commanded the unqualified esteem of his fellow citizens throughout the state
which is honored by his citizenship.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2010 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.