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Joseph Williams (December 8, 1801 – March 31, 1870)Kansas: The Territorial and District Courts
was a justice of the Kansas Territorial Supreme Court, and later chief justice of the
Iowa Supreme Court The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Iowa. The Court is composed of a chief justice and six associate justices. The Court holds its regular sessions in Des Moines in the Iowa Judicial Branch Building located at 1111 ...
. He served the court during Iowa's time as a
territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...
. He was the state's second (1847-1848) and fourth chief justice (1849-1855).


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1801 births 1870 deaths People from Muscatine County, Iowa Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court Chief justices of the Iowa Supreme Court 19th-century Iowa state court judges Kansas Territory judges {{Iowa-politician-stub