Charles Edwin Moore (August 2, 1903 – May 11, 1988)Gene Raffensperger, "C. Edwin Moore, former chief justice, dead at 84", ''The Des Moines Register'' (May 12, 1988), p. 1, 3. was a justice of the

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from April 17, 1962, to August 2, 1978, appointed from

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, United States. Born on the east side of

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, Moore received his law degree from

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. He was elected to the Des Moines Municipal Court in 1936, at age 32, and to the

, District Court in 1942. In 1962, Governor Norman Erbe appointed Moore to a seat on the state supreme court, and in 1969 the members of the court chose him as their chief justice. Moore married Margaret Douglas, of Des Moines, becoming the stepfather to her two sons.

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* Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court Drake University Law School alumni 1903 births 1988 deaths 20th-century American judges {{Iowa-state-judge-stub