James M. Love

James Madison Love (March 4, 1820 – July 2, 1891) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Iowa and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

James M. Love
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
In office July 20, 1882 – July 2, 1891
Appointed by	operation of law
Preceded by	Seat established by 22 Stat. 172
Succeeded by	John Simson Woolson
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Iowa
In office October 5, 1855 – July 20, 1882
Appointed by	Franklin Pierce
Preceded by	John James Dyer
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	James Madison Love March 4, 1820 Fairfax County, Virginia
Died	July 2, 1891 (aged 71) Keokuk, Iowa
Education	read law

Education and career

Born on March 4, 1820, in Fairfax County, Virginia,[1] the son of John and Mary Vermillion Love, Love moved with his mother to Zanesville, Ohio the year after his father died.[2] He read law in 1840,[1] first spending a year with his older brother, attorney Thomas R. Love, in Virginia, then in the office of Judge Richard Stillwell in Zanesville.[2] He entered private practice in Coshocton County, Ohio from 1840 to 1846, and from 1848 to 1850.[1] He served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War from 1846 to 1848,[1] as a captain of the 3rd Ohio Regiment.[2] He continued private practice in Keokuk, Iowa starting in 1850.[1] He was a member of the Iowa Senate from 1853 to 1856.[1]

Federal judicial service

Love received a recess appointment from President Franklin Pierce on October 5, 1855, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Iowa vacated by Judge John James Dyer.[1] He was nominated to the same position by President Pierce on February 7, 1856.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1856, and received his commission on December 21, 1856.[1] Love was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on July 20, 1882, to a new seat authorized by 22 Stat. 172.[1] His service terminated on July 2, 1891, due to his death in Keokuk.[1] He was the longest serving federal judge to be appointed by President Pierce.[2]

Other service

Concurrent with his federal judicial service, Love was a Professor of commercial law for the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa starting in 1875.[1] He was Chancellor of the University of Iowa College of Law.[1]

References

1. James M. Love at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Iowa and the World's Columbian Exposition. Chicago: American Biographical Publishing Company. 1893. pp. 713–5.

Sources

• James M. Love at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.