U.S. District Court in Iowa
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U.S. District Court in Iowa
U.S. District Judges for Iowa, 1847-82(may beincomplete!)
JohnJames Dyer 1847-55JamesM. Love 1855-82
Officeholding Events(may be incomplete!)
U.S. District Judges for the Northern District of Iowa,1882-2017(may be incomplete!)
OliverPerry Shiras 1882-1903HenryT. Reed 1900GeorgeC. Scott 1922-43HenryN. Graven 1944-EdwardJ. McManus 1962-85WilliamCook Hanson 1962-77DavidRasmussen Hansen 1986-91MichaelJoseph Melloy 1992-2002MarkW. Bennett 1994-LindaR. Reade 2002-LeonardTerry Strand 2016-
Officeholding Events(may be incomplete!)
U.S. District Judges for the Southern District of Iowa,1882-2017(may be incomplete!)
JamesM. Love 1882-91JohnSimson Woolson 1891-99SmithMcPherson 1900-15MartinJ. Wade 1915-31CharlesA. Dewey 1928-49CarrollO. Switzer 1949-50WilliamF. Riley 1950-EdwinRichley Hicklin 1957-60RoyL. Stephenson 1960-71WilliamCook Hanson 1962-77WilliamC. Stuart 1971-86HaroldDuane Vietor 1979-96CharlesR. Wolle 1987-2001RebeccaGoodgame Ebinger 2016-
Officeholding Events(may be incomplete!)
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