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Dillon, John Forrest

Born December 25, 1831, in Northampton, Montgomery County, NY
Died May 6, 1914, in New York, NY

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit
Nominated by Ulysses Grant on December 9, 1869, to a new seat authorized by 16 Stat. 44. Confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 1869, and received commission on December 22, 1869. Service terminated on September 1, 1879, due to resignation.

Education:
University of Iowa, M.D., 1850
Read law, 1852

Professional Career:

Private practice, Davenport, Iowa, 1852-1853
County attorney, Scott County, Iowa, 1853-1858
Judge, Iowa District Court, Seventh Judicial District, 1858-1862
Justice, Iowa Supreme Court, 1862-1868
Professor of law, Columbia University, 1879-1882
Private practice, New York City, 1882-1914
Storrs professor of law, Yale University, 1891-1892

Bibliography

Clarke, G.W. "John Forrest Dillon, Lawyer and Man." The Annals of Iowa 28, no. 3 (1947): 167-187.

Jacobs, Clyde Edward. Law Writers and the Courts: The Influence of Thomas M. Cooley, Christopher G. Tiedeman, and John F. Dillon upon American Constitutional Law. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1954.

Stiles, E.H. "Judge John F. Dillon." The Annals of Iowa 9, no. 1 (1909): 2-18.

Manuscript Collections

State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
John Forrest Dillon papers, 1850-1913.
1 linear ft. (2 boxes); 1 portrait; 1 broadside; finding aid; collection contains speeches, notes, correspondence, miscellaneous writings, and newspaper clippings by and about Dillon.

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