REGISTER OF THE JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF IOWA.
CHIEF JUSTICES
|
Name |
County From
Which Chosen |
Date of First
Election or
Appointment |
Years
Served |
| * Charles Mason |
Des Moines |
|
1847 |
| Joseph Williams |
Muscatine |
June, 1847 |
1847-1848 |
| S. Clinton Hastings |
Muscatine |
January 26, 1848 |
1848-1849 |
| Joseph Williams |
Muscatine |
December 7, 1848 |
1849-1855 |
| George G. Wright |
Van Buren |
January 5, 1855 |
1855-1860 |
| Ralph P. Lowe |
Lee |
January 12, 1800 |
1860-1862 |
| Caleb Baldwin |
Pottawattamie |
January 1, 1862 |
1862-1863 |
| George G. Wright |
Van Buren |
|
1864-1865 |
| Ralph P. Lowe |
Lee |
|
1866-1867 |
| John F. Dillon |
Scott |
|
1868-1869 |
| Chester C Cole |
Polk |
|
1870 |
| James G. Day |
Fremont |
|
1871 |
| Joseph M. Beck |
Lee |
|
1872-1873 |
| William E. Miller |
Johnson |
|
1874-1875 |
| +Chester C. Cole |
Polk |
|
1876 |
| William H. Seevers |
Mahaska |
|
1876 |
| James G. Day |
Fremont |
|
1877 |
| James H. Rothrock |
Cedar |
|
1878 |
| Joseph M. Beck |
Lee |
|
1879 |
| Austin Adams |
Dubuque |
|
1880-1881 |
| William H. Seevers |
Mahaska |
|
1882 |
| James G. Day |
Fremont |
|
1883 |
| James H. Rothrock |
Linn |
|
1884 |
| Joseph M. Beck |
Lee |
|
1885 |
| Austin Adams |
Dubuque |
|
1886-1887 |
| William H. Seevers |
Mahaska |
|
1888 |
| # Joseph R. Reed |
Pottawattamie |
|
1889 |
| Josiah Given |
Polk |
|
1889 |
| James H. Rothrock |
Linn |
|
1890 |
| Joseph M. Beck |
Lee |
|
1891 |
| Gifford S. Robinson |
Buena Vista |
|
1892-1893 |
| Charles T. Granger |
Allamakee |
|
1894 |
| Josiah Given |
Polk |
|
1895 |
| James H. Rothrock |
Linn |
|
1896 |
| Le Vega G. Kinne |
Tama |
|
1897 |
| Horace E. Deemer |
Montgomery |
|
1898 |
| Gifford S. Robinson |
Woodbury |
|
1899 |
| Charles T. Granger |
Allamakee |
|
1900 |
| Josiah Given |
Polk |
|
1901 |
| Scott M. Ladd |
O'Brien |
|
1902 |
| Charles A. Bishop |
Polk |
|
1903 |
| Horace E. Deemer |
Montgomery |
|
1904 |
| John C. Sherwin |
Cerro Gordo |
|
1905 |
| Emlin McClain |
Johnson |
|
1906 |
| Silas M. Weaver |
Hardin |
|
1907 |
| Scott M. Ladd |
O'Brien |
|
1908 |
| William D. Evans |
Franklin |
|
1909 |
* Resigned June, 1847.
Joseph Williams appointed to fill vacancy.
+ Resigned January 19, 1876; succeeded
by William H. Seevers
# Resigned February 28, 1889;
succeeded by Josiah Given
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT
| Name |
County From
Which Chosen |
Date
of First
Election or
Appointment |
Years
Served |
| Joseph Williams |
Muscatine |
|
1847 |
| * Thomas S. Wilson |
Dubuque |
|
1847 |
| + John F. Kinney |
Lee |
June 12, 1847 |
1847-1854 |
| George Green |
Dubuque |
November 1, 1847 |
1847-1855 |
| Jonathan C. Hall |
Des Moines |
January 20, 1854 |
1854-1855 |
| William G. Woodward |
Muscatine |
January 5, 1855 |
1855-1860 |
| # Norman W. Isbell |
Linn |
January 6, 1855 |
1855-1856 |
| ** Lacon D. Stockton |
Des Moines |
May 17, 1856 |
1856-1860 |
| Caleb Baldwin |
Pottawattamie |
October 11, 1859 |
1860-1863 |
| ++ George C. Wright |
Van Buren |
June 19, 1860 |
1860-1870 |
| Ralph P. Lowe |
Lee |
October 11, 1859 |
1860-1863 |
| John F. Dillon |
Scott |
October 13, 1863 |
1864-1870 |
| ##Chester C. Cole |
Polk |
March 1, 1864 |
1864-1876 |
| Joseph M. Beck |
Lee |
October 8, 1867 |
1868-1891 |
| *** Elias H. Williams |
Clayton |
January 19, 1870 |
1870 |
| James G. Day |
Fremont |
September 1, 1870 |
1870-1883 |
| William E. Miller |
Johnson |
September 14, 1870 |
1870-1875 |
| Austin Adams |
Dubuque |
October 12, 1875 |
1876-1887 |
| James H. Rothrock |
Cedar |
February 24, 1876 |
1876-1897 |
| William H. Seevers |
Mahaska |
February 16, 1876 |
1876-1888 |
| +++Joseph R. Reed |
Pottawattamie |
October 9, 1883 |
1884-1889 |
| Gifford S. Robinson |
Buena Vista |
November 8, 1887 |
1888-1899 |
| Charles T. Granger |
Allamakee |
November 6, 1888 |
1889-1900 |
| Josiah Given |
Polk |
March 12, 1889 |
1889-1901 |
| Le Vega G. Kinne |
Tama |
November 3, 1891 |
1892-1897 |
| Horace E. Deemer |
Montgomery |
May 8, 1894 |
1894 |
| Scott M. Ladd |
O'Brien |
November 3, 1896 |
1897 |
| !Charles M. Waterman |
Scott |
November 2, 1897 |
1898-1902 |
| John C. Sherwin |
Cerro Gordo |
November 7, 1899 |
1900 |
| Emlin McClain |
Johnson |
November 6, 1900 |
1901 |
| Silas M. Weaver |
Hardin |
November 5, 1901 |
1902 |
| !!Charles A. Bishop |
Polk |
July 2, 1902 |
1902-1908 |
| William D. Evans |
Franklin |
September 17, 1908 |
1908 |
* Resigned October, 1847. George
Greene appointed to fill vacancy.
+ Resigned February 15, 1854. Jonathan
C. Hall appointed to fill vacancy.
# Resigned May, 1856. Lacon D. Stockton
appointed to fill vacancy.
** Died June 9, 1860. George G. Wright
appointed to fill vacancy.
++ Resigned August 1870. James G. Day
appointed to fill vacancy.
## Resigned January 19, 1876. William
H. Seevers appointed to fill vacancy.
*** Resigned February 28, 1889. William
A. Miller appointed to fill vacancy.
+++ Resigned February 28, 1889. Josiah
Given appointed to fill vacancy.
! Resigned June 18, 1902. Charles A.
Bishop appointed to fill vacancy.
!! Died July 9, 1908. William D. Evans
appointed to fill vacancy. |
