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Permanent LinkRepresentative Daniel Frederick Coyle View All Years
DANIEL FREDERICK COYLE, jurist, died September 17, 1941, in Humboldt, Iowa. Born in Avoca, Wisconsin, in 1858, he came with his parents to Humboldt County when four years old. Educated in the public school of Dakota City, he attended Humboldt College in 1874, and later the State University of Iowa, completing the law course there in 1881. Practicing law in Dakota City, he was elected mayor of that town in 1882. He was elected to the Twenty-third General Assembly in 1889, serving but one term in the House of Representatives. In 1906 he was elected to the bench of the 14th Judicial District, and served continuously until his retirement in 1930. In the meantime, until the college closed in 1915, he headed the law department of Humboldt College. He also taught law in the State University of Iowa College of Law. Following the closure of Humboldt College, Judge Coyle offered free instruction in law to students in his own home. He was also the originator of Lawyers’ Chautauqua which meets annually at Lake Okoboji. Judge Coyle was interested in music and in youth bands, which he on occasions helped to direct, and for which he was generous in the provision of music, instruments, and lessons.