Richard Furlong Mitchell (October 11, 1889 – August 2, 1969)[1][2] was the chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court in 1934.
He was elected from Webster County on December 6, 1932, after Justice William L. Bliss resigned from the court.
[8] In 1946, Truman appointed Mitchell to the Interstate Commerce Commission, and was the chairman of it from 1954 to 1957.
[1][7] Mitchell died at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, at the age of 79.
[1] His funeral was in Washington DC, and he is buried in Gate of heaven cemetery, in Maryland.