Edward J. McManus explained

Edward J. McManus
Birth Name:Edward Joseph McManus
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Term Start:February 9, 1985
Term End:March 20, 2017
Office1:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Term Start1:1962
Term End1:1985
Predecessor1:Henry Norman Graven
Successor1:Donald E. O'Brien
Office2:Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Term Start2:July 16, 1962
Term End2:February 9, 1985
Appointer2:John F. Kennedy
Predecessor2:Henry Norman Graven
Successor2:David R. Hansen
Office3:35th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
Term Start3:January 15, 1959
Term End3:January 12, 1961
Governor3:Herschel C. Loveless
Predecessor3:William H. Nicholas
Successor3:W. L. Mooty
State Senate4:Iowa
Term Start4:January 3, 1955
Term End4:January 11, 1959
Office5:City Attorney of Keokuk
Term Start5:1946
Term End5:1955
Birth Date:9 February 1920
Birth Place:Keokuk, Iowa
Death Place:Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Sally Hassett (m.1948)
Education:University of Iowa (B.A.)
University of Iowa College of Law (J.D.)

Edward Joseph McManus (February 9, 1920 – March 20, 2017) served as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa for over 50 years.

Education and career

Born in Keokuk, Iowa, McManus received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1940 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1942. He was a United States Naval Reserve Lieutenant from 1942 to 1946. He was in private practice in Keokuk from 1946 to 1962, serving as Keokuk City Attorney for the first nine of those years. He was elected to the Iowa Senate as a Democrat in 1954, serving from 1955 to 1959. In 1958 he was elected as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, a position he held from 1959 to 1961 serving under Governor Herschel C. Loveless. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa in 1960, losing to Norman A. Erbe in November 1960. He was President of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Keokuk from 1955 to 1962 and President of 1001 Corporation in Keokuk from 1960 to 1962.

Federal judicial service

McManus was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on June 23, 1962 to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa vacated when Judge Henry N. Graven assumed senior status. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 13, 1962, and received his commission on July 16, 1962. He had not lived in the Northern District until this appointment, and thus needed to relocate from Keokuk (in Iowa's far southeastern county) to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He served as Chief Judge from 1962 to 1985. He assumed senior status on February 9, 1985. No federal district court judge in Iowa history served for a longer period on the bench than McManus. He died at the age of 97 on March 20, 2017, in Cedar Rapids;[1] at the time of his death, McManus was the longest serving living federal judge.[2] [3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obituary: Judge Edward J. ("Nick") McManus . The Gazette . March 22, 2017 . March 22, 2017.
  2. News: Judge Edward McManus remembered for decades of service . The Gazette . March 22, 2017 . March 22, 2017.
  3. Web site: Edward J. MaManus . Iowa General Assembly.