Draft:Marcus Kavanagh
Marcus Kavanaugh was an American jurist who
Marcus Kavanagh | |
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| Judge of the Cook County Superior Court | |
| In office 1898–1935 | |
| Judge of the Des Moines Criminal Court | |
| In office 1885–1889 | |
| Des Moines City Attorney | |
| In office 1881–1885 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | December 31, 1938 (age 78) |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Herminie Templeton Jeanne Latou |
| Occupation | jurist, lawyer |
Marcus Kavanaugh was an American jurist who
Focused in law on criminal law and legal reforms. [1]
Early life and career
Kavanagh was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. He received his legal education in the city.[2]
Irish-American https://www.newspapers.com/image/118803229
In 1880, at the age of 21, Kavanagh became the youngest individual to haver been elected Des Moines City Attorney. In 1885, he was elected to a judgeship on the Des Moines Criminal Court. He left in 1889, in order to move to Chicago, where he practiced law.[2] https://www.newspapers.com/image/127723533 https://www.newspapers.com/image/738572607
During the Spanish-American War, Kavanagh served as a colonel in the Illinois Seventh Regiment.[2]
Cook County Superior Court
For 37 years, Kavanagh served as a judge of the Superior Court of Cook County, after being appointed to fill a vacant judgeship on 1898. Serving until 1935, he was in his later tenure described as the "dean" of Illinois judges.[2]
was a well-known lecturer https://www.newspapers.com/image/548701631 and nationally noted judge.[2]
chief justice at one time https://www.newspapers.com/image/500545727
Kavanagh was a member of many legal professional organizations. At one point, he was president of the Illinois Bar Association.[2]
Iroquois Theatre Fire case
https://www.iroquoistheater.com/marcus-kavanagh-circuit-court-judge-iroquois-theater-fire.php
Russell Scott murder trial
Russell Scott case https://www.nytimes.com/1927/06/23/archives/russell-scott-wins-fight-for-retrial-illinois-supreme-court-rules.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/912029906 https://www.nytimes.com/1927/10/09/archives/russell-scott-ends-his-life-by-hanging-chicago-murderer-was.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/754692742
Criminal Trial of John M. Collins
https://www.newspapers.com/image/338580639
Trials of trade unionists
labor union right to picket 1903 https://www.newspapers.com/image/526905301 https://www.newspapers.com/image/581357926
1904 upholding anti-picketing law as constitutional https://www.newspapers.com/image/959037397
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050454492 https://www.newspapers.com/image/1050340828 1905
1907 Cornelius Shea second conspiracy trial https://www.newspapers.com/image/648869947
Other cases
fined Vernon Booth, former head of Alfred Booth and Company, for ___ https://www.newspapers.com/image/1090475037
Bernard Toald case, reprimanded jury https://www.newspapers.com/image/605531954 https://www.newspapers.com/image/846879365/
reprimand Jack Curley jury https://www.newspapers.com/image/369544879
In 1920, made a candidate for American citizenship renounce allegiance to the Irish Provisional Republic. This was seen by some newspapers as giving his recognition to the Irish Provisional Republic as a legitimate entity. https://www.newspapers.com/image/946265751
Other work
American Bar Association 1922 special committee on crime https://www.newspapers.com/image/605528258/
1926 National Crime Committee https://www.newspapers.com/image/751226484 https://www.newspapers.com/image/397582392 https://www.newspapers.com/image/684395003
In 1926, Kavanagh was part of an American Bar Association delegation which traveled to European nations to study their penal conditions.[2]
1901 mayoral campaign
Republican nomination candidacy
Judicial views and philosophy
"too much tinkering" https://www.newspapers.com/image/129049979
Views on criminology
Throughout most of his judicial career, Kavanagh was nationally regarded to have been a noteworthy expert on criminology.[2]
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1929 https://www.newspapers.com/image/1128684918
Irish names adopted by some https://www.newspapers.com/image/739039925
1905 murder rate claims https://www.newspapers.com/image/746579113
1921 Bar Association annual conference remarks https://www.newspapers.com/image/533800061
view on preponderance of crime https://www.newspapers.com/image/912000505 murders https://www.newspapers.com/image/137884609
view on cause of crime and solutions https://www.newspapers.com/image/37662867 https://www.newspapers.com/image/725724449
1914 characterization https://www.newspapers.com/image/466117478
book characterization of state of crime https://www.newspapers.com/image/761825412 book claims https://www.newspapers.com/image/764917845 https://www.newspapers.com/image/104991739
study on Chicago crime stats https://www.newspapers.com/image/1193235393 https://www.newspapers.com/image/364783769 https://www.newspapers.com/image/116610209
1936 rate claims https://www.newspapers.com/image/510482733
Root causes of crime
1928 view https://www.newspapers.com/image/1025242738
believed results of study cast doubt on prior beliefs that lack of intelligence was a major factor https://www.newspapers.com/image/750994609 his book opined instead of low intelligence, criminal mines had a predisposition towards evil.[2]
At a 1933 conference of the American Flag Association, Kavanagh characterized tolerance of crime by Americans as the "main ally of the criminal". He assailed various groups of actors as "faddists" who "turn jails into clubhouses" and "pamper criminals at the expense of honest men." Among those he castigated were professional bail bondsman; sympathetic judges; appellate courts that granted retrials on technicalities; seedy criminal lawyers; and cowardly magistrates.[2]
blaming lawyers 1928 https://www.newspapers.com/image/44357592
Statutory reform
https://www.newspapers.com/image/229711946
Capital punishment
characterized opponents of capital punishment as unintelligent https://www.newspapers.com/image/94973687
remarks on conditions of life imprisonment https://www.newspapers.com/image/588539036
https://www.newspapers.com/image/727187343
calling for the accused bombers of the Chicago Federal Building to be charged for treason and sentenced with death in 1918. https://www.newspapers.com/image/946160640
study on death penalty
https://www.newspapers.com/image/680627179
In 1930, Kavanagh spoke before the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to advocate for capital punishment, claiming, "every time the death sentence is not carried out the murder rate goes up, and every time there is an execution the murder rate goes down."[2]
Prison conditions
Kavanagh criticized American prisons as being too comfortable for prisoners, criticizing them as having "club comforts" and an insufficient focus on "punishment and justice".[2]
Insanity pleas
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Corporal punishment
Kavanagh opined that a reintroduction of corporal punishment in the United States would, "practically empty our prisons."[2]
whipping post https://www.newspapers.com/image/974237278 https://www.newspapers.com/image/37471217 https://www.newspapers.com/image/1203195509
Advocacy for abolishing criminal court procedure
for abolishing mandatory restrictions https://www.newspapers.com/image/59990017 https://www.newspapers.com/image/687111424
Views on divorce
anti-divorce sentiment in 1913 https://www.newspapers.com/image/514064461 https://www.newspapers.com/image/767234944
1926 https://www.newspapers.com/image/13890802
opinion that homeownership decreases unrest underlying divorces https://www.newspapers.com/image/378279437 https://www.newspapers.com/image/96214861 https://www.newspapers.com/image/1237344520 https://www.newspapers.com/image/380472142
Views on United States global hegemony
https://www.newspapers.com/image/810888038
Later life and death
Lost renomination in the July 1, 1935 primary.[1]
In Septemer 1937, Kavanagh moved to Los Angeles. He spent his final months of life focused on writing. On December 31, 1938, Kavanagh died in Los Angeles of a heart ailment at the age of 78.[2]
Personal life
Kavanuagh married Lady Herminie Templeton, and was widowed after her death. He remarried in 1934 to Jeanne Latour.[2]
Kavanuagh also belonged to several society organizations, including the Chicago Athletic Club, the Hamilton Club.[2]
Kavanaugh viewed his experiences on the bench as affirming the existence of a god. https://www.newspapers.com/image/229711406
Electoral history
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| 1901 Chicago mayoral election Republican nomination convention balloting[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | 1st | 2nd (before shifts) |
2nd (after shifts) |
3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
| Elbridge Hanecy | 222 | 299 | 327 | 370 | 398 | 393 | 392 | 466 | 486 |
| John Maynard Harlan | 284 | 296 | 296 | 267 | 260 | 247 | 231 | 229 | 202 |
| William Boldenweck | 158 | 167 | 167 | 161 | 147 | 163 | 185 | 125 | 131 |
| Walter J. Raymer | 109 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 75 | 78 | 73 | 65 | 64 |
| Frank T. Fowler | 82 | 66 | 66 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 55 | 57 |
| Marcus Kavanagh | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Mavor | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Oscar Hebel (incumbent) | 151,884 | ||
| Republican | Charles M. Foell (incumbent) | 239,598 | ||
| Republican | Marcus Kavanagh (incumbent) | 239,232 | ||
| Democratic | Jacob H. Hopkins | 235,178 | ||
| Republican | Hugo Pam (incumbent) | 332,908 | ||
| Republican | Hosea W. Wells | 232,095 | ||
| Republican | Albert C. Barnes (incumbent) | 231,355 | ||
| Democratic | Michael L. McKinley (incumbent) | 231,189 | ||
| Republican | William H. McSurely (incumbent) | 222,309 | ||
| Republican | William N. Gemmill | 221,350 | ||
| Democratic | John M. O'Connor (incumbent) | 220,564 | ||
| Democratic | Dennis E. Sullivan (incumbent) | 217,420 | ||
| Republican | Wells M. Cook | 217,328 | ||
| Democratic | Joseph H. Fitch (incumbent) | 210,133 | ||
| Democratic | Charles A. Williams | 209,330 | ||
| Republican | Emanuel Eller | 203,248 | ||
| Republican | Frederic R. DeYoung | 201,917 | ||
| Democratic | William J. Lindsay | 201,435 | ||
| Republican | Howard W. Hayes | 194,250 | ||
| Republican | Thomas Marshall | 186,306 | ||
| Democratic | Marvin E. Barnhart | 184,935 | ||
| Republican | George E. Gorman | 184,904 | ||
| Democratic | James C. Jeffery | 181,761 | ||
| Democratic | Harry P. Beam | 180,011 | ||
| Republican | James W. Breen | 179,674 | ||
| Republican | Iwrin R. Hazen | 177,264 | ||
| Democratic | Julius F. Smietanka | 172,696 | ||
| Republican | Anton T. Zeaman | 174,891 | ||
| Democratic | John F. Bolton | 169,795 | ||
| Republican | Louis J. Behan | 169,258 | ||
| Democratic | Charles J. Michal | 169,147 | ||
| Democratic | Max M. Korshak | 161,795 | ||
| Democratic | Frank H. Graham | 158,680 | ||
| Democratic | Martin J. Isaacs | 152,778 | ||
| Republican | Frederick B. Roos | 151,182 | ||
| Democratic | James H. Poage | 150,932 | ||
| Republican | Edward H. Morris | 147,597 | ||
| Democratic | Frank T. Huening | 145,227 | ||
| Socialist | Marcus H. Taft | 16,241 | ||
| Socialist | Pierce L. Anderson | 15,395 | ||
| Socialist | Charles V. Johnson | 15,183 | ||
| Socialist | John M. Collins | 15,177 | ||
| Socialist | Kellam Foster | 15,020 | ||
| Socialist | Otto Branstetter | 14,618 | ||
| Socialist | Ivar Anderson | 14,579 | ||
| Socialist | Mary O'Reilly | 14,553 | ||
| Socialist | Jason A. Imes | 14,229 | ||
| Socialist | John C. Flora | 14,056 | ||
| Socialist | Leon J. Ell | 13,901 | ||
| Socialist | John T. Whitlock | 14,156 | ||
| Socialist | Herman Dickstein | 14,152 | ||
| Socialist | Harry E. Aldrich | 14,110 | ||
| Socialist | David Norstedt | 14,029 | ||
| Socialist | Bernard Berlyn | 13,907 | ||
| Socialist | Raphael B. Green | 13,876 | ||
| Socialist | Bernard Kortas | 13,864 | ||
| Socialist | Mike Ladevich | 13,350 | ||
| Total votes | 100 | |||
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1935
Works authored
- "The Criminal and His Allies" (1928)
References
- ^ a b https://www.newspapers.com/image/354980007
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Marcus Kavanagh, Noted Jurist, Dies; Authority on Criminology Had Served on Superior Court Bench for 37 Years". The New York Times. January 1, 1938. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
- ^ "Convention Work In Detail". Chicago Tribune. March 3, 1901 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Official Vote of the State of Illinois Cast at the General Election, November 4, 1924 Judicial Elections, 1923-1924 Special Elections, 1923-1924 Primary Election, April 9, 1924 Presidential Preference, April 8, 1924. Illinois Secretary of State.
- ^ "Chicago-Cook County Election". Chicago Tribune. November 7, 1923. Retrieved 17 July 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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