D. Haney Biography


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JUDGE D. HANEY, Judge of the Supreme Court of South Dakota, whose home 
is in Mitchell, is a man whose name is known and respected in every 
part of the state, and whose legal training, wisdom and morality have 
done much to mold the policy and direct into proper channels the 
vigorous development of the young commonwealth. 

Judge Haney was born in Allamakee county, Iowa, November 10, 1852, a 
son of John and Fanny (Hemingway) Haney, natives of Pennsylvania and 
Massachusetts respectively. John Haney was a farmer and miller by 
occupation, and removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, later to Illinois, 
and then to Wisconsin, and in 1848 to Iowa. In the latter state he 
engaged in milling, and became the founder of the town of Lansing, 
Iowa, where he died in 1875. The mother is also dead. To them were born 
six sons and five daughters, our subject and one daughter being at 
present the only survivors. The grandfather, James Haney, was a native 
of Ireland, and came to the United States when a mere lad. He located 
in Pennsylvania, later in Illinois, where he died. He had a family of 
nine sons and four daughters. Four of the sons became ministers of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, some of them becoming noted. divines. 

Judge Haney was reared in Iowa, receiving his education in select 
schools and by the instruction given him by his father. In 1870 he 
entered the Iowa Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant, leaving there 
in 1873, to enter the law department of the State University at Iowa 
City. From the latter institution he graduated in 1874. The next year 
he began practice in Lansing, Iowa, in partnership with H. F. Fellows. 
This firm continued until 1880, when Mr. Fellows withdrew, and our 
subject carried on the practice alone. He took considerable interest in 
politics and was elected city attorney, serving in that capacity 
several years. 

In 1885 our subject removed to Plankinton, South Dakota, where he again 
formed a partnership with Mr. Fellows and practiced until 1889, when 
South Dakota became a state, and he was elected to the circuit 
judgeship. He was re-elected in 1893 to the circuit bench, and served 
until appointed as judge of the supreme court to fill the unexpired 
term of Judge Kellam, February 1, 1896, by Governor Sheldon. 

Judge Haney was married in 1876 to Miss Roxie W. Doe, a native of 
Maine, and a daughter of David D. Doe. To Judge and Mrs. Haney have 
been born two children: John D. and Harriet H. In 1891 Judge Haney 
removed with his family to Mitchell, South Dakota, where they still 
make their permanent home; having their temporary home at Pierre since 
the appointment of Judge Haney to the supreme bench. The Judge is a 
member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Modern Woodmen of America. 
Politically, he is a stench and prominent Republican.