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Iowa Official Registers

1927 -1928

Pages 188-190

District Courts of Iowa

 

There are at the present time sixty-nine judges of the district court of the state of Iowa. The state is divided into 21 judicial districts and each district is entitled to from one to six judges, the number being fixed by statute. The judges are elected for terms of four years and receive an annual salary of $4,000; also actual and necessary hotel and living expenses not to exceed $3.00 per day when away from home, and transportation expenses. Each judge appoints a shorthand reporter, who receives $10 per day for each day's attendance upon said court, and in case the per diem does not equal $2,400, then the county or counties composing the district make up the deficiency in proportion to the number of days of court held in such county or counties.

 

Judges and Reporters of the District Court

First District

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

John E. Craig, Keokuk
John M. Rankin, Keokuk

no permanent appointment
Edna Hyde, Fort Madison

 

Second District
Counties: Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Lucas, Monroe, Van Buren and Wapello

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

Geo. W. Dashiell, Albia
R.W. Smith, Centerville
W.M. Walker, Keosauqua
E.S. Wells, Chariton

Edmond Morris, Jr., Albia
C.E. Stanley, Ottumwa
Arthur T. Dorothy, Keosauqua
Arthur M. Bartless, Ottumwa

 

Third District
Counties: Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union and Wayne

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

H.H. Carter, Corydon
Homer A. Fuller, Mt. Ayr
A.R. Maxwell, Creston

W.V. Kittleman, Creston
Ira Arch, Council Bluffs
W.M. Hyland, Osceola

 

Fourth District
Counties Woodbury and Monona

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

C.C. Hamilton, Sioux City
Robert H. Munger, Sioux City
Miles W. Newby, Onawa
A.O. Wakefield, Sioux City

Clarence J. Hamilton, Sioux City
W. Scott Reiniger, Sioux City
Earle W. West, Sioux City
Robert C. Turner, Sioux City

 

Fifth District
Counties: Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison, Marion and Warren

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

J.H. Applegate, Guthrie Center
W.S. Cooper, Winterset
E.W. Dingwell, Adel

H.K. Ashton, Gutherie Center
J.O. Eno, Indianola
W.C. Southwick, Guthrie Center

 

Sixth District
Counties: Jasper, Keokuk, Mahaska, Poweshiek and Washington

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

Chas. A. Dewey, Washington
D.W. Hamilton, Grinnell
H.F. Wagner, Sigourney

Nell D. Needham, Grinnell
Helen Hamilton, Grinell
Joe O. Linabury, Oskaloosa

 

Seventh District
Counties: Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine and Scott

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

A.P. Barker, Clinton
Clarence L. Ely, Maquoketa
D.V. Jackson, Muscatine
Wm. R. Maines, Davenport
Wm. W. Scott, Davenport

Alfred E. Brandenburg, Clinton
H.H. Whitaker, Maquoketa
Howard S. Boudinot, Davenport
Adolph Sander, Davenport
S.S. Stackhouse, Davenport

 

Eighth District
Counties: Iowa and Johnson

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

R.G. Popham, Marengo
Ralph Otto, Iowa City

Maude McBride, Marengo
Addie M. Shaff, Iowa City

 

Ninth District
Counties: Polk

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

W.G. Bonner, Des Moines
O.S. Franklin, Des Moines
Jos. E. Meyer, Des Moines
Frank S. Shankland, Des Moines
Lester, L. Thompson, Des Moines
Herman F. Zeuch, Des Moines

Gordon I. Elliott, Des Moines
Harry E. Beach, Des Moines
C.F. Irish, Des Moines
S.S. Wright, Des Moines
F.C. Walrath, Des Moines
Vernon L. Grant, Des Moines

 

Tenth District
Counties: Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware and Grundy

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

H.B. Boies, Waterloo
E.B. Stiles, Manchester
Geo. W. Wood, Waterloo

Henry W. Brandt, Waterloo
Nelle E. Corlis, Independence
Winnie M. Stevens, Waterloo

 

Eleventh District
Counties: Boone, Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Story, Webster and Wright

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

Sherwood A. Clock, Hampton
H.E. Fry, Boone
T.G. Garfield, Ames
G.D. Thompson, Webster City

E.P. Tinkham, Ft. Dodge
Jno. H. Williams, Ames
W.A. Walker, Nevada
H.W. Kennedy, Webster City

 

Twelfth District
Counties: Bremer, Butler, Floyd, Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Mitchell, Winnebago and Worth

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

Joseph J. Clark, Mason City
M.F. Edwards, Parkersburg
C.H. Kelley, Charles City
M.H. Kepler, Northwood

Lloyd B. Tait, Mason City
Walter D. Linnell, Charles City
George A. Blake, Charles City
R.E. Holder, Northwood

 

Thirteenth District
Counties: Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

W.L. Eichendorf, McGregor
Carl W. Reed, Cresco
H.E. Taylor, Waukon

A.H. Woodrow, McGregor
Carl B. Ashby, Oelwein
E.F. Dougherty, Waukon

 

Fourteenth District
Counties: Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and Pocahontas

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

D.F. Coyle, Humboldt
F.C. Davidson, Emmetsburg
James DeLand, Storm Lake

Matthew C. Grier, Emmetsburg
R.P. Davidson, Emmetsburg
H.J. Kittleman, Storm Lake

 

Fifteenth District
Counties: Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

J.S. Dewell, Missouri Valley
H.J. Mantz, Audubon
Earl Peters, Clarinda
Wm. C. Ratcliff, Red Oak
O.D. Wheeler, Council Bluffs

Gardner Talbot, Council Bluffs
Charles R. Linn, Atlantic
Liston L. Hall, Council Bluffs
H.O. Ferguson, Council Bluffs
B.O. Bruington, Council Bluffs

 

Sixteenth District
Counties: Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Ida and Sac

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

J.A. Henderson, Jefferson
M.E. Hutchinson, Lake City
Robt. L. McCord, Sac City

Ethelda R. Swartwood, Jefferson
G.W. Stump, Denison
Geo. L. Miller, Carroll

 

Seventeenth District
Counties: Benton, Marshall, Tama

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

B.F. Cummings, Marshalltown
Clarence Nichols, Vinton

Agnes L. McKinnon, Cedar Rapids
W.C. Gray, Tama

 

Eighteenth District
Counties: Cedar, Jones and Linn

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

F.L. Anderson, Marion
Atherton B. Clark, Cedar Rapids
F.O. Ellison, Anamosa
John T. Moffit, Tipton

C.W. Sutliff, Marion
Mrs. H.L. Latimer, Cedar Rapids
C.M. Brown, Cedar Rapids
Alice M. Hall, Tipton

 

Nineteenth District
Counties: Dubuque

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

D.E. McGuire, Dubuque
P.J. Nelson, Dubuque

Frank Hardie, Dubuque
J. Warren Kintzinger, Dubuque

 

Twentieth District
Counties: Des Moines and Louisa

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

Oscar Hale, Wapello
James D. Smith, Burlington

J.M. McLaughlin, Burlington
Nancy L. Edwards, Burlington

 

Twenty-First District
Counties: Cherokee, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and Sioux

Judge & Residence

Court Reporter & Residence

C.C. Bradley, Le Mars
Benj. F. Butler, Sibley

F.M. McGlothlen, Le Mars
S.E. Bigelow, Alton

 

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