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James M. Love
Lee County
Born in Fairfax, Virginia, March 4, 1820. The family removed to Zanesville, Ohio, when he was a lad of twelve and there he obtained a good education and studied law with an older brother. When the war with Mexico began he volunteered and was chosen captain of a company, serving through the war. In 1850, he removed to Iowa, locating at Keokuk where he entered into partnership with Samuel F. Miller in the practice of law. In 1852, he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the State Senate where he served four years as chairman of the judiciary committee. In 1855, he was appointed by President Pierce Judge of the United States District Court for Iowa, a position he held the remainder of his life. In 1875, he accepted an appointment in the State University as Professor of Commercial Law and served three years as Chancellor of the Law Department. Of all the decisions rendered by Judge Love during his long term of service but three were reversed by the Supreme Court. He died July 2, 1891.
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