William D. Evans, 1928 & 1934 bios

EVANS

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall (email)
Date: 12/22/2003 at 11:29:39

EVANS, William D. --Judge of the Supreme Court, was born in Marquette county, Wis. 1852. In 1858 he came with his parents to Williamsburg, Iowa. Here he attended the public schools. In 1873 he entered the state university. While a student at the university he taught school and was an instructor in a number of teachers' institutes during vacation. He graduated from the liberal arts course of the university in 1878 and the following year took the law course from which he graduated in 1879. Following his admittance to the bar in 1879, he located at Hampton. In 1902 he was elected judge of the district court for the eleventh judicial district. During the year 1907-8 he was law lecturer at the state university. In September, 1908, he was nominated for judge of the supreme curt by the republican state conventon to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Charles A. Bishop. He was elected at the general election and by reason of statute served as chief justice of the supreme court in 1909, 1916, 1921, 1922 and 1927. Was re-elected in 1910, again in 1916. He is a republican in politics.

-source: Iowa Official Register, 1927-1928; Biographies of Supreme Court Justices

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall (not related to subject)

... And from "IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934
BIOGRAPHIES - ELECTIVE STATE OFFICIALS":
[the body of the text is esentially the same, with the following addition at the end of the text. -S.D.W.]

Was re-elected in 1910, in 1916, in 1922 and again in 1928. Grinnell college conferred the degree of L.L.D. upon him in 1916. A republican.

-transcribed by Debbie Clough Gerischer (not related to subject)

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