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 | | Scott county was organized in 1838, but previous to this time several members of the profession had settled in the county, first of whom was Gilbert C. Mitchell, who subsequently became judge of the district court and who, for many years, until his death, was an honored member of the bar of the county. |
 | | In 1841 he was chosen to represent Scott county in the legislative assembly and in 1844 was sent as a delegate to the first constitutional convention and took an active part in framing the constitution which was later rejected. |
 | | George G. Wright, of Keosauqua, was chief justice; William C. Woodward, of Muscatine, and L. Stockwell, of Burlington, associate justices; Lewis Kinsey, of DesMoines, clerk; Samuel A. Rice, of Oskaloosa, attorney-general, and William Penn Clark, of Des Moines, reporter. |
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