- Charles A. Bishop
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Charles A. Bishop was a politician and jurist in the State of Iowa.
Biography
Bishop was born Charles Alvord Bishop on May 22, 1854 to Matthew Patrick and Roxana Bishop in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.[1] He would marry twice. First, on November 2, 1873 to Della M. Dow, who died in 1900. Second, on June 24, 1902 to Alice S. Lyman. He died in 1908.
Career
Bishop served in the Iowa House of Representatives in 1882. He served as a judge in the district court of Iowa from 1889 to 1890 and from 1895 to 1902. From 1902 to 1908 he was a Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court.
References
Categories:- People from Waukesha County, Wisconsin
- Members of the Iowa House of Representatives
- Iowa state court judges
- Iowa Supreme Court justices
- 1854 births
- 1908 deaths
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