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Judge of the Thirty-eighth Circuit, 1876–1912
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O'Rourke studied Latin and mathematics for three years at Methodist College in Fort Wayne, began reading law in the office of Worden & Morris in 1865, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. Elected prosecutor in 1867, he served five years, practiced until 1876, and was then elected judge of the Thirty-eighth district. He held the bench through six successive elections for thirty-six years — Griswold notes that he served longer on the circuit bench than any other judge in Indiana — and when his term expired in 1912 he formed a partnership with Martin H. Luecke. Taylor University conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. His home was at 420 East Washington Street, and Frank R. Dulin, profiled in this supplement, served five years as attorney for the juvenile court under his regime. He married Ada L. Abrams.
Sources: Griswold, Pictorial History, Vol. II (1917), biographical sketch, read first-hand. No second source reached for this profile.