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Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, page 373
JUDGE A. J. LEFFINGWELL. Judge A. J. Leffingwell was born on Long Island, New York, in December, 1832. In 1839 his father removed with his family and settled in Muscatine, where Judge Leffingwell lived until 1867, when he removed to Clinton county. He read law under Major Harry O'Connor, was admitted to practice in Muscatine in 1861, and the same day formed a partnership with his former tutor, which partnership was dissolved in 1863, when Major O'Connor went to the front. Judge Leffingwell while in Muscatine served as city attorney one term. He was a lawyer of great ability and was an honor to the profession. In 1871 he was commissioned by Judge John F. Dillon as United States commissioner of Iowa. In 1884 he was elected to the position of judge of the first circuit of the seventh judicial district, and in 1886 was elected district judge of his district. He died at Lyons, December 22, 1887.
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