Edward Joseph McManus (February 9, 1920 – March 20, 2017) served as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa for over 50 years.
Edward Joseph McManus
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Born 1920 in Keokuk, IA
Died 2017 in Cedar Rapids, IA
FJC ID: 1583
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 26/year
Iowa Northern District Court · 1962–2017
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Keokuk, Iowa1946–1962
- IowaLieutenant governor · 1959–1961
- IowaState senator · 1955–1959
- Keokuk, IowaCity attorney · 1946–1955
Air CorpsU.S. Navy lieutenant · 1942–1946
Appointments
1962–2017 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1942- University of IowaB.A. · 1940