Horace E. Deemer

Horace Emerson Deemer (September 24, 1858 – February 26, 1917) was a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from May 8, 1894, to February 26, 1917, appointed from Montgomery County, Iowa.

[1][2][3] Born in Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana, Deemer was the eldest of six children.

The family came to Iowa in 1866, settling on a farm near West Liberty, in Cedar County.

[1][2][3] In 1911, Deemer's name was put forward as a candidate for appointment to the United States Senate, to a seat vacated by the death of Senator Lafayette Young, but William S. Kenyon was chosen instead.

[3] Deemer remained on the court thereafter until his death, in Red Oak, at the age of 66.