Melvyn I. Cronin

Melvyn I. Cronin
Member of the California State Assembly from the 25th district
In office January 2, 1933 – January 4, 1942
Preceded by	William B. Hornblower
Succeeded by	Gerald P. Haggerty
Member of the California State Assembly from the 27th district
In office January 7, 1929 – January 2, 1933
Preceded by	Leland Richard Jacobson
Succeeded by	B. J. Feigenbaum
Personal details
Born	(1898-07-13)July 13, 1898 San Francisco, California
Died	May 9, 1977(1977-05-09) (aged 78)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Lorena Mural Carley
Children	2

Melvyn I. Cronin (June 13, 1898 – May 9, 1977) was a United States politician, lawyer, and judge.

Cronin was born in San Francisco in 1898 and worked in the city's Park and Recreation Department where as a youth he taught baseball to his cousin Joe Cronin of later Boston Red Sox fame. He graduated from St. Ignatius College, later the University of San Francisco, with a degree in law and started a partnership with controversial lawyer Vincent Hallinan. During World War I he served in the United States Army. He was later a member of the California State Assembly for the 27th and 25th district, but resigned from the California State Assembly on January 4, 1942.

From 1953 to 1977, he was a Judge of the California Superior Court, and served in San Francisco as Judge of the Juvenile Court under the Superior Court of California. He was concurrently a member of the California Judicial Council.

He died in San Francisco County in 1977.