Joseph Williams (December 8, 1801 – March 31, 1870) was a chief justice of the

Iowa Supreme Court The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Iowa. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The Court holds its regular sessions in Des Moines in the Iowa Judicial Branch Building located at 1111 E ...

. He served the court during Iowa's time as a

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. He was the state's second and fourth chief justice.

External links

Joseph Williams page at Iowa Judicial Branch
1801 births 1870 deaths People from Muscatine County, Iowa Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court 19th-century American judges {{Iowa-politician-stub