Theodore G. Garfield
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Theodore G. Garfield (November 12, 1894 – November 4, 1989) served as a justice of the
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longer than all but one other justice. A member of the Court from January 1, 1941, until his retirement on November 11, 1969, he served as Iowa's Chief Justice in rotation for four years, and then on a continuing basis from 1961 to 1969. Born in
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to George S. and Mary (White) Garfield, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
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in 1915 and his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1917. Immediately thereafter, he volunteered for military service in the
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, He was on a tour of duty as a lieutenant teaching artillery fire at
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, at the time the
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ended
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in 1918. He entered the private practice of law at
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, as the junior partner of Lee & Garfield. In 1926, he was elected as a Republican as a trial-court judge for Iowa's Eleventh Judicial District. He served in this position from January 1927 until his elevation to the Supreme Court. After mandatory retirement from the court, he returned to the practice of law at Ames. Soon after his retirement, he agreed to serve as a hearing officer for University of Iowa students and groups subjected to discipline as part of antiwar activities."Boyd Revokes Recognition of SDS Group," Ames Daily Tribune, 1972-06-07 at p. 2. Garfield's 28-year-tenure on thee Iowa Supreme Court was not exceeded until 2006 by Justice
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, who retired soon thereafter.


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