IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934 BIOGRAPHIES ELECTIVE STATE OFFICIALS RICHARD F. MITCHELL, FORT DODGE. - Judge of the Supreme Court, was born at Fort Dodge, Webster county, Iowa, on October 11, 1889, the son of Peter M. and Sarah F. Mitchell. He attended the German Lutheran school at Fort Dodge, and then graduated from the Fort Dodge high school. He received a B.A. degree in 1912, and an L.L. B. degree in 1913 from the State University of Iowa, and was admitted to practice law in the state of Iowa in 1913. Started practicing at Fort Dodge, Iowa, and for ten years practiced in the firm of Kelleher & Mitchell. He was a candidate for Congress from the tenth congressional district, and was defeated by Congressman Dickinson, now Senator Dickinson. In 1928, elected state chairman of the democratic state central committee, and in 1930 was elected democratic national committeeman for Iowa, and was re-elected in 1932. Was a delegate to the democratic national convention at Houston in 1928, and a delegate to the democratic national convention in Chicago in 1932. Was elected to the supreme court of Iowa in the general election of 1932. A democrat. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/) IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: _http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/_ (http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/)