James M. Love

James Madison Love (March 4, 1820 – July 2, 1891) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Iowa and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Education and career Born on March 4, 1820, in Fairfax County, Virginia, the son of John and Mary Vermillion Love, Love moved with his mother to Zanesville, Ohio the year after his father died. He read law in 1840, first spending a year with his older brother, attorney Thomas R. Love, in Virginia, then in the office of Judge Richard Stillwell in Zanesville. He entered private practice in Coshocton County, Ohio from 1840 to 1846, and from 1848 to 1850. He served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War from 1846 to 1848, as a captain of the 3rd Ohio Regiment. He continued private practice in Keokuk, Iowa starting in 1850. He was a member of the Iowa Senate from 1853 to 1856. Federal judicial service