The Political Graveyard: Iowa: State Supreme Court

The Political
Graveyard

Iowa: State Supreme Court

Justices of the Iowa State Supreme Court, 1846-1995 (May be incomplete!)
Charles Mason 1846-47 Joseph Williams 1846-48 Thomas S. Wilson 1846-47 John F. Kinney 1847-54 George Greene 1847-55 S. Clinton Hastings 1848-49 Joseph Williams 1849-55 Jonathan C. Hall 1854-55 William G. Woodward 1855-60 George G. Wright 1855-60 Norman W. Isbell 1855-56 Lacon D. Stockton 1856-60 Caleb Baldwin 1860-63 Ralph P. Lowe 1860-67 George G. Wright 1860-70 John F. Dillon 1864-69 Chester C. Cole 1864-76 Joseph M. Beck 1868-91 Elias H. Williams 1870 James G. Day 1870-83 William E. Miller 1870-75 Austin Adams 1876-87 William H. Seevers 1876-88 James H. Rothrock 1876-96 Joseph Rea Reed 1884-89 Gifford S. Robinson 1888-99 Charles T. Granger 1889-1900 Josiah Given 1889-1901 La Vega G. Kinne 1892-97 Horace E. Deemer 1894-1917 Scott M. Ladd 1897-1920 Charles M. Waterman 1898-1902 John C. Sherwin 1900-12 Emlin McClain 1901-12 Silas M. Weaver 1902-23 Charles A. Bishop 1902-08 William D. Evans 1908-34 Frank R. Gaynor 1913-20 Byron W. Preston 1913-24 Winfield S. Withrow 1913-14 Benjamin I. Salinger 1915-20 Truman S. Stevens 1917-34 Thomas Arthur 1920-25 Lawrence DeGraff 1921-32 Frederick F. Faville 1921-32 Charles W. Vermilion 1923-27 Elma Gates Albert 1925-36 Edgar A. Morling 1925-32 James W. Kindig 1927-34 Henry F. Wagner 1927-32 John M. Grimm 1929-32 William L. Bliss 1932 George C. Claussen 1932 Hubert Utterback 1932-33 Richard F. Mitchell 1932-42 John W. Anderson 1933-38 Maurice F. Donegan 1933-38 John W. Kintzinger 1933-38 George C. Claussen 1933-34 Leon W. Powers 1934-36 Wilson H. Hamilton 1935-40 James M. Parsons 1935-37 Paul W. Richards 1935-40 Carl B. Stiger 1936-42 Edward A. Sager 1937-42 Ernest M. Miller 1937-38 Ralph A. Oliver 1938-62 William L. Bliss 1939-62 Oscar Hale 1939-50 Frederic M. Miller 1939-46 Theodore G. Garfield 1941-69 Charles F. Wennerstrum 1941-58 Halleck J. Mantz 1943-53 John E. Mulroney 1943-55 William A. Smith 1943-58 Norman R. Hays 1946-65 G. King Thompson 1951-65 Robert L. Larson 1953-71 Henry K. Peterson 1955-65 Luke E. Linnan 1958 Harry F. Garrett 1958-60 T. Eugene Thornton 1959-67 Bruce M. Snell 1961-70 C. Edwin Moore 1962-78 William C. Stuart 1962-71 Michael L. Mason 1965-78 Maurice E. Rawlings 1965-78 Francis H. Becker 1965-72 Clay Le Grand 1967-83 Warren J. Rees 1969-80 Harvey Hampton Uhlenhopp 1970-86 W. Ward Reynoldson 1971-87 K. David Harris 1972- Mark McCormick 1972-86 Robert G. Allbee 1978-82 Arthur A. McGiverin 1978- J. L. Larson 1978- Louis W. Schultz 1980-93 James H. Carter 1982- Charles S. Wolle 1983-87 Louis A. Lavorato 1986- Linda K. Neuman 1986- Bruce M. Snell, Jr. 1987- James H. Andreasen 1987- Marsha K. Ternus 1993-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1860: Daniel F. Miller (Ind), defeated.

1860 Jun 9: Lacon D. Stockton, died in office.

1920 Sep 15: Thomas Arthur, appointed.

1927 Sep 2: Charles W. Vermilion, died in office.

1929 Feb 1: John M. Grimm, appointed.

1932: William L. Bliss (Rep), defeated.

1932 Sep 15: John M. Grimm, resigned.

1932 Sep 27: William L. Bliss, appointed.

1936: William L. Bliss (Rep), defeated.

1938: Ralph A. Oliver (Rep), elected; William L. Bliss (Rep), elected.

1940: Ralph A. Oliver (Rep), elected.

1942: Halleck J. Mantz (Rep), elected; William A. Smith (Rep), elected.

1944: William L. Bliss (Rep), elected.

1946: Ralph A. Oliver (Rep), elected.

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Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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