Horace E. Deemer

Horace Emerson Deemer (September 24, 1858 – February 26, 1917) was a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from May 8, 1894, to February 26, 1917, appointed from Montgomery County, Iowa. His service included four years as chief justice.[1][2][3]

Born in Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana, Deemer was the eldest of six children. The family came to Iowa in 1866, settling on a farm near West Liberty, in Cedar County.[3]

Deemer received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1879, commencing the practice of law in Red Oak, Iowa. He was elected to a seat on the state district court in 1886, and was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court on May 8, 1894, following passage of a law adding a sixth justice to the court.[1][2][3] In 1911, Deemer's name was put forward as a candidate for appointment to the United States Senate, to a seat vacated by the death of Senator Lafayette Young, but William S. Kenyon was chosen instead.[3] Deemer remained on the court thereafter until his death, in Red Oak, at the age of 66.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Horace E. Deemer". Iowa Judicial Branch. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Death Calls Iowa Jurist", Sioux City Journal (February 27, 1917), p. 4.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Johnson Brigham, "A Tribute to Horace Emerson Deemer", The Des Moines Register (February 28, 1917), p. 4.


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