John E. Mulroney

John Edward Mulroney^[1] (February 15, 1896 – May 18, 1979) was a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court and later a judge of the United States Tax Court.

John Mulroney
Judge of the United States Tax Court
In office October 11, 1955 – April 30, 1966
Appointed by	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
In office July 1, 1952 – December 31, 1952
Preceded by	G. King Thompson
Succeeded by	William A. Smith
In office January 1, 1948 – June 30, 1948
Preceded by	Ralph A. Oliver
Succeeded by	Halleck J. Mantz
In office July 1, 1943 – December 31, 1943
Preceded by	Theodore G. Garfield
Succeeded by	William A. Smith
Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
In office January 1, 1943 – October 11, 1955
Preceded by	Richard F. Mitchell
Succeeded by	Henry F. Peterson
Personal details
Born	(1896-02-15)February 15, 1896
Died	May 18, 1979(1979-05-18) (aged 83)

Life

Born in Ruthven, Iowa, Mulrony attended Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska in 1915,^[2] and then served in the Rainbow Division during World War I,^[3] before receiving an LL.B. from the University of Iowa, in 1922.^[2]

He was a county attorney for Webster County, Iowa from 1929 to 1933, and was assistant attorney general of Iowa from 1939 to 1942.^[2] 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.^[2][4]

Mulroney married Martha O'Connor in 1929.^[2]