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Author: James L. King (1905)

HON. DANIEL MULFORD VALENTINE.

    HON. DANIEL MULFORD VALENTINE, ex-justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas and
one of the State's eminent men, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, is a
native of Ohio, born in Shelby County, June 18, 1830. He is a son of John W. and
Rebecca (Kinkennon) Valentine.

    In his youth the subject of this sketch enjoyed academic schooling and when
he began to teach school in 1851 he also began to devote his spare time to the
study of the law. In 1854 he removed to the West and spent five years in Adair
County, Iowa, during which time he completed his law studies. He served that
county in 1855-56 as surveyor and also taught school one year. He was admitted
to the bar in 1858, and served during that year as attorney of Adair County.
During his residence there he had made many friends and a fair professional and
political outlook was offered, but he thought a better field was open in Kansas.
He spent one year at Leavenworth and then removed to Franklin County, which
county he was elected to represent in the Legislature in November, 1861. He
served during the fore part of 1862, and the character of his services to the
citizens of the county was so highly esteemed by them that he was elected in
November, 1862, to the State Senate, in which he served throughout the year 1863
and the fore part of 1864. While residing in Franklin County, he first practiced
alone; later he formed a partnership with W. W. H. Lawrence. After a time he was
again alone but soon associated himself with Joel K. Goodwin, with whom he was
in partnership at the time of his election as judge of the Fourth Judicial
District.

    In November, 1864, he was elected judge of the Fourth Judicial District and
filled that office during the following four years. In November, 1868, he was
elected an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas for a term of six
years, and was three times reelected,—in 1874, 1880 and 1886, —his term of
office extending to 1893. He moved to Topeka in March, 1875, and has lived ever
since in the house in which he then established his home.

    During the 24 years that Judge Valentine was an associate justice of the
Supreme Court, he prepared and delivered 1,572 opinions, and in the amount of
work performed, as well as in the number of years of service, he holds the
record among Kansas jurists. He has served his State with rare fidelity. He has
won the approbation of the bar by a work of the greatest value to the
profession,—a complete digest of the decisions of the Supreme Court and Courts
of Appeal of Kansas. Since his retirement from the bench, he has continued his
legal associations in Topeka and is the senior member of the firm of Valentine,
Godard & Valentine.

    In 1855, Judge Valentine was married to Martha Root, who is a daughter of
Judge Azariah Root, formerly of Adair County, Iowa. They have a family of five
sons and four daughters, namely: D. A., clerk of the Supreme Court of Kansas;
Eva (Mrs. A. A. Godard), of Topeka; J. W., a lumber dealer at Admire, Kansas;
Harry E., an attorney at Topeka; Martha, who lives at home; Elsie (Mrs. James F.
Merrick), of the city of Mexico; Ralph E., a land agent at Topeka; Lillian, who
has a position in the Kansas State House; and Louis F., who is engaged in
newspaper work in Clay County, Kansas.

    In all his public career Judge Valentine's conduct has been governed by
principles of equity and justice. He has always upheld the right, has never been
accused of partiality and has a record that holds out a stimulus and example to
those, who in turn will be called upon to assume equal responsibilities.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.


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