John E. Mulroney

John E. Mulroney (February 15, 1896 – May 18, 1979) was a Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court and later a judge of the United States Tax Court.

Born at Ruthven, Palo Alto County, Mulrony attended Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska in 1915,[1] and then served in the Rainbow Division during World War I,[2] before receiving an LL.B. from the University of Iowa, in 1922.[1]

He was a county attorney for Webster County, Iowa from 1929 to 1933, and was assistant attorney general of Iowa from 1939 to 1942.[1] He became a Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from January 1, 1943 to October 11, 1955, appointed from Webster County, Iowa. He resigned from the Iowa Supreme Court to accept an appointment by President Dwight Eisenhower to a seat on the United States Tax Court. He retired on April 30, 1966, but was recalled to perform further judicial duties, continuing in that capacity until December 31, 1970.[1][3]

Mulroney married Martha O'Connor in 1929.[1]

References
  1. Official Congressional Directory (1970), p. 702.
  2. Iowa Judicial Branch Past Iowa Supreme Court Justices page for John E. Mulroney.
  3. Former and Current Members of the Board of Tax Appeals and Former and Current Judges of the Tax Court, archived from Villanova University.
Political offices
Preceded by
Richard F. Mitchell		 Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
1943–1955		 Succeeded by
Henry F. Peterson


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