IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934 BIOGRAPHIES ELECTIVE STATE OFFICIALS MAURICE FRANCIS DONEGAN, DAVENPORT. - Judge of the Supreme Court, was born on a farm near Welton, Clinton county, Iowa. He attended the local district school and DeWitt high school. He later attended Creighton college, Omaha, Nebr., from which he received the degree A.B., and also Georgetown university, Washington, D. C., from which he received the degree A.M. He began the study of law at Georgetown University and continued it at the State University of Iowa, where he received the degree L.L. B., in 1901. He began the practice of law in Davenport, Iowa, the same year, and from 1903 to 1908 was associated with E. M Sharon in the firm of Sharon & Donegan. From 1908 to 1912 he was city attorney of Davenport, and from 1912 to 1921 he was judge of the district court, from which office he resigned and entered private practice. In 1932 he was elected associate justice of the supreme court of Iowa. 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/)