Byron W. Preston

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Byron W. Preston (February 13, 1858 – January 18, 1939) was a justice on the Iowa Supreme Court from 1913 to December 31, 1924. He was born in Newton, Iowa, and studied at Iowa College. He read law and was admitted to the bar in 1884. Preston worked as a county attorney and city attorney, and served as a district court judge before being appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court from Mahaska County. He was a Republican. He married Nellie Blanchard in 1880, and they had two children. He died at his home in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on January 18, 1939.