La_Vega_G._Kinne

La Vega G. Kinne

La Vega G. Kinne

American judge (1846–1906)

La Vega G. Kinne (November 5, 1846 – March 15, 1906) was a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from January 1, 1892, to December 31, 1897, appointed from Tama County.

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Biography

La Vega G. Kinne was born in Syracuse, New York on November 5, 1846. He earned a law degree at the University of Michigan in 1868, and was admitted to the bar in Ottawa, Illinois. He moved to Toledo, Iowa in 1869 to practice law.[1]

He married Mary E. Abrams in 1869 and they had two daughters.[2]

A Democrat, he unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1881 and 1883.[3] He was elected as district court judge in 1886, reelected in 1890, and then elected to the Iowa Supreme Court in 1891, serving from 1892 to 1897.[1][2]

He died from heart failure in Des Moines on March 15, 1906.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Gue, Benjamin F. (1903). History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. Vol. IV. New York City: The Century History Company. p. 156. Retrieved August 9, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    "Judge Kinne Drops Dead". The Gazette. Des Moines, Iowa. March 16, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. [3]
    "IOWA DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.; L.G. KINNE NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR-- THE PLATFORM ADOPTED". The New York Times. June 7, 1883. Retrieved May 16, 2024.



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