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SECOND DISTRICT.
Created January 21, 1839; composed of the counties of Louisa, Musca- tine, Cedar, Johnson and Slaughter, with Linn county attached to Johnson and Jones to Cedar, for judicial purposes. January 25, 1839, the name of Slaughter county was changed to Washington. June 1, 1839, Jones and Linn counties were org: ized. November 30, 1840, Benton county was attached to Linn. February 17, 1843, Keokuk and Mahaska counties were
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established and attached to Washington, and Tama to Linn. February 5, 1844, Keokuk and Mahaska counties were organized, Iowa county attached to Johnson, and Poweshiek county and the country west of Poweshick and Mahaska counties attached to Mahaska. June 10, 1845, Marion county was established and attached to Mahaska. July 1, 1845, Iowa county was organized. August 4, 1845, Marion county was organized. January 17, 1846, by act of the territorial assembly, the Second district was defined as comprising the counties of Washington, Keokuk, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Jasper, Iowa, Johnson, Louisa and Muscatine. On the same date Mar- shall county was attached to Jasper, and Boone, Story and Dallas counties, and the country north and west, to Polk.
THIRD DISTRIC
Created January 21, 1839; composed of the counties of Jackson, Dubuque, Scott and Clayton, with Clinton county attached to Scott. March 1, 1840, Clinton county was organized; February 17, 1843, Black Hawk county was established and attached to Dubuque for judicial pur- poses; February 8, 1844, Delaware county was re-organized and Black Hawk and Buchanan counties attached to it; January 17, 1846, by act of the tor- ritorial assembly, the Third district was defined as comprising the counties of Dubuque, Linn, Cedar, Scott, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Delaware, Clay- ton and Benton. 'On the same date Tama and Black Hawk counties were attached to Benton county.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1846.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Created February 10, 1847, by chapter 25, acts of the First General Assembly composed of the counties of Lee, Des Moines, Louisa, Washing- ton and Henry. February 1, 1849, Washington county was detached and annexed to the Fourth district.
JUDGES.
George H. Williams, Lee county; elected April 5, 1847, and commissioned April 27th.
Ralph P. Lowe, Lee county; elected April 5, 1852; resigned in 1857.
John W. Rankin, Lee county; appointed by the governor, April 9, 1857; qualified April 13th.
Thomas W. Clagett Lee county; elected April 6, 1857; qualified May 16th.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Created February 10, 1847, by chapter 25, acts of the First General Assembly; composed of the counties of Muscatine, Scott, Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Dubuque, Delaware and Clayion. The counties north and
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est of Clayton and Delaware were attached to Clayton county. February , 1847, Allamakee and Winneshick counties were established and itached to Clayton county. March 1, 1849, Allamakee county was organ- ed. January 15, 1851, Mitchell county was established and attached to layton county. February 5, 1851, the new counties of Bremer, Black awk, Butler and Grundy were attached to Buchanan county. In 1851 the unties of Fayette and Winneshiek were organized. January 22, 1853, hickasaw county was attached to Fayette, and the counties of Floyd, oward, Mitchell, Franklin and Worth to Chickasaw county. February 1853, by act of the Fourth General Assembly, the state was redistricted, aking the Second district to be composed of the counties of Dubuque, elaware, Buchanan, Black Hawk, Clayton, Fayette, Bremer, Chickasaw, llamakee, Winneshiek and Howard counties. In 1853 Black Hawk, remer and Chickasaw counties were organized. February 8, 1855, the coun- es of Clayton, Fayette, Allamakee, Winneshiek, Howard and Chickasaw ere detached to form part of the new T'enth district.
JUDGES
imes Grant, Scott county; elected April 5, 1847; commissioned Novem- ber 15th.
homas S. Wilson Dubuque county; elected April 5, 1852; qualified May 8th; re-elected April 6, 1857.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Created February 10, 1847, by chapter 25, acts of the First General ssembly; composed of the counties of Van Buren, Jefferson, Davis, 'apello, Keokuk, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Appanoose, and the counties est. February 24, 1847, Pottawattamie county temporarily established, id the counties of Fremont, Page, Ringgold and Taylor counties estab- shed and attached to Pottawattamie county. In 1848 Pottawattamie runty was organized. December 27, 1848, Madison and Warren counties ere organized. February 1, 1849, by act of the Second General Assembly, apter 57, all the counties west of Davis, Wapello and Mahaska were tached to form part of the new Fifth district.
February 9, 1853, by act of the Fourth General Assembly, the state was districted, leaving the Third district without change of boundary, and mposed of the counties of Van Buren, Jefferson, Keokuk, Davis, Wapello td Mahaska. December 19, 1856, Mahaska county was detached to form part of the new Eleventh district.
JUDGES.
Trus Olney, Jefferson county; elected April 5, 1847; commissioned December 7th; resignation accepted March 15, 1851.
seph C. Knapp, Van Buren county; appointed by the governor March 15, 1851.
illiam H. Seevers, Mahaska county; elected April 5, 1852; qualified May 7th; resigned; successor appointed January 10, 1856.
. deb Baldwin, Jefferson county; appointed by the governor and qualified January 10, 1856
enry B Hendershott, Wapello county; elected April 7, 1856; qualified May 14, 1856.
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FOURTH DISTRICT.
Created February 10, 1847, by act of First General Assembly, chapter 25. Composed of the counties of Johnson, Linn, Benton, Iowa, Poweshiek, Jasper, Polk, Dallas, Tama, Marshall, Story, Boone and counties west. April 3, 1848, Poweshiek county was organized. February 1, 1849, the counties west of Tama and Poweshiek were detached to form a part of the new Fifth district, and the county of Washington was annexed from the First district. February 9, 1853, the state was redistricted, leaving the Fourth district without change of boundary. December 19, 1856, Powe- shiek county was detached to form part of the new Eleventh district.
JUDGES.
James P. Carleton, Johnson county; elected April 5, 1847; commissioned April 27th; re-elected April 5, 1852; resigned in 1853.
William Smyth, Linn county; appointed by the governor, October 6, 1853; qualified October 10th; elected by the people, April 3, 1854; resigned.
Isaac Cook, Linn county; appointed by the governor, January 28, 1857; qualified, March 20th; elected by the people, April 6th.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Created February 1, 1849, by act of Second General Assembly, chapter 57; composed of the counties of Appanoose, Wayne, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Page, Fremont, Monroe, Lucas, Clarke, Marion, Warren, Madison, Jasper, Polk, Dallas, Marshall, Story and Boone. July 4, 1849, Lucas county organized. In 1856 Fremont county organized. January 15, 1851, all country west of the established counties was divided and new counties established. February 20, 1852, the following named new counties were attached to the Fifth district: Guthrie, Greene, Fox, Yell, Risley, Hardin, Wright, Humbolt, Pocahontas, Palo Alto, Kossuth, Hancock, Winne- bago, Bancroft and Emmet. In 1851 the counties of Boone, Guthrie and Marshall were organized. January 22, 1853, the counties of Bancroft, Emmet, Fox, Hancock, Humbolt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Risley, Story, Winnebago, Wright and Yell were attached to Boone county for judicial purposes. Greene county was attached to Dallas and Hardin to Marshall. January 22, 1853, the name of Risley county was changed to Webster. February 9, 1853, the state was redistricted, leaving the Fifth district composed of the counties of Marion, Jasper, Polk, Dallas, Mar- shall, Story, Boone, Greene, Grundy, Hardin, Webster, Yell, Calhoun, But- ler, Franklin, Wright, Humbolt, Pocahontas, Floyd, Cerro Gordo, Han- cock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Worth, Winnebago, Mitchell, Bancroft and Emmet. In 1853 Yell and Webster counties united and Hardin county organized. In 1855 Floyd, Greene and Mitchell counties organized. Janu- ary 24, 1855, Bancroft and Humbolt counties were discontinued; Fox county changed to Calhoun and attached to Greene; Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Winnebago and Wright attached to Webster and Franklin to Hardin. February 8, 1855, the counties of Worth, Mitchell, Cerro Gordo and Floyd were detached to form part of the new Tenth dis- trict. In 1856 Calhoun county organized. December 19, 1856, the counties of Dallas, Polk, Jasper and Marion were detached to form part of the new
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Eleventh district. February 26, 1857, Guthrie county was annexed to the Fifth district. July 4, 1857, the counties of Wright, Franklin, Butler, Hamilton, Hardin, Grundy, Story and Marshall wero detached to form the new Thirteenth district, and the county of Sac annoxed from the Twelfth district. In 1857 Humboldt county was organized. February 24, 1858, Webster county was detached and annexed to the Thirteenth district.
JUDGES.
William McKay, Polk county; elected April 2, 1849; commissioned April 27th.
Phineas M. Casady, Polk county; elected April 3, 1854; qualified June ist; resigned.
Cave J. McFarland, Boone county; appointed by the governor May 7, 1854 ;* qualified in July.
William W. Williamson, Polk county; declared elected, April 2, 1855; qual- ified, April 11th. This election was contested, and the contest was decided, January 10, 1856, against Judge Williamson, and in favor of Cave J. McFarland, Boone county, who qualified January 10, 1856.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Created February 13, 1951, by act of the Third General Assembly, chap- ter 37; composed of the counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Buncombe [now Lyon], Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Fremont, Harrison, Ida, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, O'Brien, Osceola, Page, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Taylor, Union and Wahkaw [now Woodbury]. In 1851 Fremont, Pottawattamie and Taylor counties were organized. January 22, 1853, the counties of Buena Vista, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac and Sioux were attached to Wahkaw; Carroll and Crawford to Shelby; Monona to Harrison; Montgomery and Union to Adams, and Ringgold to Taylor county for judicial purposes. The name of Wahkaw county was changed to Woodbury. February 9, 1853, the state was redis- tricted, leaving the Sixth district composed of the counties of Guthrie, Audubon, Adair, Cass, Union, Adams, Montgomery, Ringgold, Taylor, Page and Fremont. March 7, 1853, the counties of Adams, Cass and Union were organized. Adams and Audubon counties were attached to Cass. In 1853 Page and Montgomery counties were organized. February 14, 1855, Carroll county was attached to Guthrie. In 1855 the counties of Ringgold and Adair were organized. December 26, 1856, the counties of Cass and A ยท lubon were detached and annexed to the Seventh district. February 9, 1957, the counties of Union and Ringgold were detached and annexed to the Ninth district. February 26, 1857, Guthrie county was detached and annexol to the Fifth district. September, 1857, Mills county was annexed to the district under the provisions of the new constitution.
*According to the record; but it is evidently erroneous, as Judge Casady did not resign till June or July.
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JUDGES.
James Sloan; elected April 7, 1851; resignation accepted March 9, 1852. Allen A. Bradford, Fremont county; appointed by the governor May 4,
1852; qualified May 24th; elected by the people April 4, 1853; resigned. . E. H. Sears, Fuemont county; appointed by the governor January 9, 1855; qualified February 1: elected by the people April 2.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Created February 9, 1853, by act of the Fourth General Assembly divid- ing the state into nine judicial districts; composed of the counties of Dick- inson, Osceola, Buncombe, Sioux, O'Brien, Clay, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Plymouth, Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Carroll, Crawford, Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie and Mills. Harrison, Shelby, Woodbury and Monona counties were organized in 1853. February 14, 1855, Carroll county was attached to Guthrie county, for judicial purposes December 26, 1856, by act of the Sixth General Assembly, chapter 12, the counties composing the Sixth district were designated as being Pottawattamie, Cass, Audubon, Shelby and Harrison, leaving the remaining counties of the former district without distinct district connections.
JUDGE
Samuel H. Riddle, Pottawattamie county; appointed by the governor June 14, 1853; elected by the people April 3, 1854.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Created February 9, 1853, by act of Fourth General Assembly, dividing the state into nine judicial districts; composed of the counties of Jackson, Clinton, Scott, Jones, Cedar and Muscatine. March 1, 1857, the counties of Jackson, Clinton and Scott were detached to form the new Fourteenth district.
JUDGES.
William E. Leffingwell, Clinton county; elected April 4, 1853; resigned. John B. Booth, Jackson county; appointed by the governor in 1854; qual- ified April 15th.
William HI. Tuthill, Cedar county; elected April 2, 1855; qualified May 3d.
NINTH DISTRICT.
Created February 9, 1853, by act of the Fourth General Assembly; com- posed of the counties of Madison, Warren, Clarke, Lucas, Monroe, Decatur, Wayne and Appancose. December 19, 1856, the counties of Madison and Warren were detached to form a part of the new Eleventh district. Feb- ruary 9, 1857, the counties of Union and Ringgold were annexed from the Sixth district.
JUDGE.
John S. Townsend, Monroe county; elected April 4, 1853
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TENTH DISTRICT.
Created February 8, 1855, by act of the Fifth General Assembly; com- posed of the counties of Clayton, Allamakee, Winneshiek, Fayette, Chick- asaw, Floyd, Mitchell, Howard, Worth and Cerro Gordo. Cerro Gordo, Howard, Mitchell and Worth counties were attached to Floyd for judicial purposes. February 10, 1857, Worth county was attached to Mitchell. In 1857 the counties of Cerro Gordo, Howard, Mitchell and Worth were organized. March 27, 1858, Butler county was annexed from the Thir- teenth district.
JUDGE.
Samuel Murdock, Clayton county; elected April 2, 1855: commissioned May 3d.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Created December 19, 1856, by act of the Sixth General Assembly, chapter 2, composed of the counties of Poweshiek, Mahaska, Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren, Dallas and Madison.
JUDGE.
William M. Stone, Marion county; elected April 6, 1857; commissioned April 23d.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Created March 13, 1857, by act of the Sixth General Assembly, chapter 260; composed of the counties of Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Sioux, O'Brien, Clay, Diekin- son, Osceola and Buncombe, being the northern counties left after the change of boundary of the Seventh district, December 26, 1856. Cherokee county was organized in 1857. July 4, 1857, Sac county was detached and annexed to the Fifth district.
JUDGE.
Marshall F. Moore, Woodbury county; elected April 6, 1857; commis- sioned September 5th.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Created July 4, 1857, by act of the Sixth General Assembly, chapter 145; composed of the counties of Marshall, Story, Hardin, Grundy, Butler, Franklin, Hamilton and Wright. Hamilton county was organized in 1857. February 24, 1858, Webster county was annexed from the Fifth district. March 27, 1858, Butler county was detached and annexed to the Tenth district.
JUDGE.
James D. Thompson, Hardin county; elected April 6, 1857; commissioned July 1.
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FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
Created March 1, 1857, by act of the Sixth General Assembly, chapter 81; composed of the counties of Jackson, Clinton and Scott.
JUDGES.
Gilbert C. R. Mitchell, Scott county; elected April 6, 1857; qualified May 20th; resigned.
Acahel H. Bennett, Scott county; appointed by the governor October 19, 1857.
The above districts were superseded in accordance with article V, of the constitution of 1857, by eleven new districts, the judges and district attorneys of which entered upon their duties on the first day of January, 1859.
DISTRICT COURT UNDER CONSTITUTION OF 1857.
From January 1, 1859, to the redistricting act which took effect January 1,1887.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Created by act of the Seventh General Assembly; approved March 20, 1858; composed of the counties of Lee, Henry, Des Moines and Louisa (designated in the act as Lucas).
JUDGES.
Francis Springer, Louisa county; elected October 12, 1858; re-elected October 14, 1862, and October 9, 1866; resigned.
Joshua Tracy, Des Moines county; appointed by the governor November 6, 1869; elected October 11, 1870; resigned.
P. Henry Smyth, Des Moines county; appointed by the governor April 25, 1874; resigned.
Thomas W. Newman, Des Moines county; appointed by the governor Sep- tember 25, 1874; elected October 13, 1874.
A. H. Stutsman, Des Moines county; elected October 8, 1878; re-elected November 7, 1882.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Joshua Tracy, Des Moines county; elected October 12, 1858; re-elected October 14, 1862, and October 9, 1866; resigned.
George B. Corkhill, Henry county; appointed by the Governor November 6, 1869.
D. N. Sprague, Lee county; elected October 11, 1870; re-elected October 13, 1874.
F. A. Bereman, Henry county; elected October 8, 1878.
D. N. Sprague, Lee county; elected November 7, 1882.
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SECOND DISTRICT.
Created by act of the Seventh General Assembly, approved March 20, 1858; composed of the counties of Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello and Wayne.
JUDGES.
John S. Townsend, Monroe county; elected October 12, 1858.
Henry H. Trimble, Davis county; elected October 14, 1862.
Harvey Tannehill, Appanoose county; elected October 9, 1866. M. J. Williams, Wapello county; elected October 11, 1870. Joseph C. Knapp, Van Buren county; elected October 13, 1874.
E. L. Burton, Wapello county; elected October 8, 1878; re-elected Novem- ber 17, 1882.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Amos Harris, Appanoose county; elected October 12, 1858; re-elected Octo- ber 14, 1862.
James B. Weaver, Davis county; elected October 9, 1866.
M. H. Jones, Davis county; elected October 11, 1870.
Thomas M. Fee, Appanoose county; elected October 13, 1874.
R. B. Townsend, Monroe county; elected October 8, 1878.
Samuel Jones, Davis county; elected November 7, 1882.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Created by act of the Seventh General Assembly, approved March 20, 1858; composed of the counties of Adams, Cass, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold and Union. The act of the general assembly left out Taylor county. January 27, 1864, Cass county was detached and annexed to the Fifth district. July 4, 1872, the counties of Pottawattamie, Mills and Fremont were detached, to form a part of the new Thirteenth district.
JUDGES.
E. H. Sears, Fremont county; elected October 12, 1858.
James G. Day, Fremont county; elected October 14, 1862; re-elected Octo- ber 9, 1866; resigned.
J. W. MeDill, Union county; appointed by the governor, September 1, 1870; elected October 11, 1870; resigned.
Joseph R. Reed, Pottawattamie county; appointed by the governor, August 29, 1872.
Samuel Forrey, Decatur county; elected November 5, 1872; re-elected October 13, 1874.
R. C. Henry, Ringgold county; elected October 8, 1878.
John W. Harvey, Decatur county; elected November 7, 1882.
DISTRICT-ATTORNEYS.
. Robert B. Parrott, Clarke county; elected October 12, 1858.
Charles E. Millard, Mills county; elected October 14, 1862; re-elected November 9, 1866.
M. L. McPherson, Pottawattamie county; elected October 11, 1870; died.
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Dennis B. Dailey, Pottawattamie county; appointed by the governor, Jan- uary 8, 1872.
W. T. Laughlin, Ringgold county; elected November 5, 1872.
Smith MePherson, Montgomery county; elected October 13, 1874; re-elected October 8, 1878; resigned.
J. P. Flick, Taylor county; elected October 11, 1881; re-elected November . 7, 1882.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Created by act of the Seventh General Assembly; approved March 20, 1858; composed of the counties of Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Harrison, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Shelby and Woodbury. Now composed of Cherokee, Plymouth, Lyon, Osceola, O'Brien, Sioux, Woodbury, Monona and Harrison. July 4, 1872, by act of the Fourteenth General Assembly, chapter 61, Crawford and Shelby coun- ties were detached to form a part of the new Thirteenth district, and Web- ster county annexed from the Eleventh district. Before taking effect of the act Webster county was restored to the Eleventh district, May 2, 1872. July 4, 1877, by act of the Sixteenth General Assembly, the counties of Kossuth, Humboldt, Emmet, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Calhoun, Dickinson, Clay, Buena Vista, Sac and Ida were detached to form the new Fourteenth district.
JUDGES.
Asahel W. Hubbard, Woodbury county; elected October 12, 1858 Isaac Pendleton, Woodbury county, elected October 14, 1862.
Henry Ford, Harrison county; elected October 9, 1866; re-elected October 11, 1870
Charles H Lewis, 'Cherokee county; elected October 13, 1874; re-elected October 8, 1878; re-elected November 7, 1882.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Orlando C. Howe; elected October 12, 1858
Henry Ford, Harrison county; elected October 14, 1862.
Orson Rice, Dickinson county; elected October 9, 1866. C. H. Lewis, Cherokee county; elected October 11, 1870.
George B. McCarty, Palo Alto county; elected October 13, 1871.
S. M. Marsh, Woodbury county; elected October 8, 1878; re-elected Novem- ber 7, 1882.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Created by act of the Seventh General Assembly, approved March 20, 1858; composed of the counties of Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Madison, Warren and Polk. January 27, 1864, Cass county was annexed from the Third district; July 4, 1872, the counties of Greene, Car- roll, Audubon and Cass, were detached to form a part of the new Thir- teenth district.
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JUDGES.
John II. Gray, Polk county; elected October 12, 1858; re-elected October 14, 1862; died October 14, 1865.
Charles C. Nourse, Polk county; appointed by the governor October 16, 1865; qualified October 20th; resigned, to take effect August 1, 1866.
Hugh W. Maxwell, Warren county; appointed by the governor, July 23, 1866; to take effect August 1st; elected by the people, October 9th; re-elected October 11, 1870
John Leonard, Madison county; elected October 12, 1884.
William HI. McHenry, Polk county; elected October 8, 1878; re-elected November 7, 1882.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
P. Gad Bryan, Warren county; elected October 12, 1858.
John Leonard, Madison county; elected October 14, 1862; resigned January. 1864.
Benjamin F. Murray, Madison county; appointed January 23, 1864; quali- fied, January 27th.
Hugh W. Maxwell, Warren county; elected by the people November 8, 1864; qualified December 22d; resigned July 3, 1866.
Samuel D. Nichols, Guthrie county; appointed by the governor July 5, 1866; qualified July 9th; elected by the people October 9, 1866.
Edgar T. Ensign, Polk county; appointed by the governor January 19, 1870. C. H. Gatch, Polk county; elected October 11, 1870; resigned.
Julius B. Bissell, Polk county; appointed by the governor September 26, 1871.
Josiah Given, Polk county; elected October 10, 1871.
Hiram Y. Smith, Polk county; elected October 12, 1874.
William Connor, jr., Polk county; elected October 8, 1878.
A. W. Wilkinson, Madison county; elected November 7, 1882.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Created by act of the Seventh General Assembly, approved March 10, 1858; composed of the counties of Jasper, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek and Washington.
JUDGES.
William M. Stone, Marion county; elected October 12, 1858; commis- sioned as captain of Company B, Third Iowa Infantry volunteers, May 29,1861.
William Loughridge, Mahaska county; appointed by the governor Sep- tember 5, 1851; elected by the people October 8, 1861; re-elected October 14, 1862.
Ezekiel S. Sampson, Keokuk county; elected October 9, 1866; re-elected October 11, 1870.
H. S. Winslow, Jasper county; elected October 13, 1874.
J. C. Cook, Jasper county; elected October 8, 1878.
J. Kelly Johnson, Mahaska county; elected November 7, 1882.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
George D. Woodin, Keokuk county; elected October 12, 1858. Horace S. Winslow, Jasper county; elected October 14, 1862. Moses A. MeCoid, Jefferson county; elected October 9, 1866. S. G. Smith, Jasper county; elected October 11, 1870.
George W. Lafferty, Mahaska county; elected October 13, 1874. Edward W. Stone, Washington county; elected October 8, 1878. John A. Donnell, Keokuk county; elected November 7, 1882.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Created by act of the Seventh General Assembly, approved March 10, 1858; composed of the counties of Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine and Scott.
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