1. Home
  2. Appointees
  3. Oliver Perry Shiras

Oliver Perry Shiras

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa · 1882

Oliver Perry Shiras , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Oliver Perry Shiras (October 22, 1833 – January 7, 1916) was the first United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

Education

  • Ohio UniversityA.B., 1853
  • Ohio UniversityA.M., 1856
  • Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1856

Career

Private practice, Dubuque, Iowa, 1856-1882, 1903-1916; U.S. Army judge advocate and first lieutenant, 1862-1863; City councilman, Dubuque, Iowa

Biography

Oliver Perry Shiras (October 22, 1833 – January 7, 1916) was the first United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More

From Senate roll call votes, Wikidata, Wikipedia and Office of Government Ethics records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “Oliver Perry Shiras : Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/j2182/oliver-perry-shiras (accessed 2026-10-13).

Open the interactive version ›