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Iowa Official Registers

1933 - 1934

BIOGRAPHIES OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES

R. E. LEE ATDRICH, Belmond. - Representative from Wright county, was born June 13, 1869, in the state of Michigan.  Son of Fredrick and Mary Aldrich.  His parents came to Wright county in March, 1880.  He has lived on the farm he now makes his home since March, 1885.  Was educated in the country schools, Clarion high school, Northern Iowa Normal and H. P. N. College.  He taught school in Wright county for twenty-seven years.  Married to Laurette Rowen, grand-daughter of Iowa township's first settler, June 16, 1895.  To them were born four sons.  The wife passed to her reward April 23, 1932.  Serving first term in legislature.  A democrat.  

GUSTAVE ALESCH, Marcus. - Representative from Plymouth county, was born in Luxemburg in 1877, and was educated in the public schools of Plymouth county.  He is a member of the Catholic church and a member of the Knights of Columbus.  He came to the United States when 18 years of age.  He was united in marriage to Justine Kass, to which union seven children were born.  After his marriage, he first farmed in Plymouth county, then moved to Kansas, where he farmed three years, returning to Plymouth county, where he purchased a farm near Remsen, which he and his family now occupy.  He has been secretary of the Farmers' Elevator Company of Marcus, and secretary-treasurer of the Shippers' Association.  He is now president of the Co-operative Community Oil Company of Marcus, and president of the Rural Independent school district of Remsen.  Mr. Alesch served as a member of the Plymouth county board of supervisors for six years.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

F. D. AUGUSTINE, Benton. - Representative from Reinggold county, was born near Orient, Iowa, Adair county, August 31, 1887, where he grew to manhood.  Graduated from Orient high school in 1906, afterwards attended Drake University.  In 1909 he moved to Fillmore, where he lived five years.  In 1912 he was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Wade.  In 1913 he moved to Benton, Iowa, where he has since been engaged in business.  A member of forty-fourth general assembly and re-elected to the forty-fifth.  A democrat.  

AMPLIAS HALE AVERY, Spencer. - Representative from Clay county, was born in a one-room log house on a farm near Excelsior, Richland county, Wisconsin, May 20th, 1870.  After completing the work in the rural schools of his home county, he moved to Osage, Iowa, where he attended Cedar Valley seminary for several years.  In 1889, he moved to South Dakota, where he taught in the rural schools, and in the town schools of Ashton and Woonsocket.  He moved to Spencer, Iowa, in 1901, being superintendent of city schools there until 1915, when he resigned to go into the life insurance business which he has since followed.  He married first Grace Cornwall (deceased).  To this union was born one child, Theta Avery Tucker, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  He married again to Grace Dunham, and to this union three children were born.  Margaret Avery Dunning, who died February 8, 1921, Alden D., and Barbara.  He was a member of the 44th General Assembly and was elected September 26th, 1933, to fill a vacancy in the 45th General Assembly caused by the appointment of Frank E. Wenig as labor commissioner.  A republican.

F. H. BEATH, Corning. - Representative from Adams county, was born on a farm near Nodaway, Adams county, Iowa, February 19, 1872, and since 1875 has lived on the farm where he now resides.  Received his education in the rural schools of his community and on January 15, 1896, was married to Nellie Cramer.  Served as township assessor two years, president of the school board ten years and township trustee seven years.  He is a charter member of the Adams County Farm Bureau, and has served as president four years.  Is chairman of boys' 4-H club, and is also a member of local shipping association and one of the incorporators of the co-operative creamery at Corning, Iowa.  Was chosen master farmer in January, 1927.  Was a member of the forty-fourth general assembly and re-elected to the forty-fifth.  A republican.  

CHARLES LEROY BESWICK, Stockport. - Representative from Van Buren county, was born in a log house near Stockport, Iowa, January 30, 1874.  He is of English descent, his grandfather, James, coming to the United States from Stockport, England, in 1818, at the age of twelve.  His father, Thomas T., who was born near Marletta, Ohio, in 1838, came to Van Buren county in 1850.  His mother, Kate F. (Goodall) Beswick, born in 1850 in Van Buren County is of Kentucky parentage.  Mr. Beswick was educated in the rural schools and at Birmingham high school, and received a C. E. degree from Highland Park College (Des Moines) in 1894.  He was married to Belle Lucas in 1896 and has one daughter, Marguerite.  He is engaged in farming and stock raising and has served as rural school director, was president of Stockport schools for 14 years and served on county board of education and was secretary of the local Farm Loan Association.  Identified with the Christian church and was Sunday school superintendent for 20 years.  Belongs to the K. of P. lodge.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

A. H. BONNSTETTER, West Bend. - Representative from Kossuth county, was born on a farm near West Bend, Iowa, November 20, 1892.  He was educated in the schools of this locality and took a two-year normal course at Highland Park College.  He taught in the public schools of Iowa three years and completed four years of work at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana.  In August, 1919, he was married to Miss Charlotte Anderegg.  They have one son, Rex.  About the time of his marriage Mr. Bonnstetter went back to farming.  He has since acquired and is managing a pure bred herd of dairy cattle.  An active member in farm organization activities.  He has been serving on the school board for a number of years and is a member of the Masonic order.  Elected to state legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

JOSEPH D. BOUSKA, Protivin. - Representative from Howard county, was born on a farm in Howard county adjoining the present town of Protivin, Iowa, May 26, 1885.  He received his education in the public schools of Protivin and when twenty-three years of age was united in marriage to Julia M. Huber.  They have one son, Clarence J.  He installed the Protivin Telephone Company in 1905 and has since acted as manager.  Has been proprietor of the Protivin garage since 1911.  Served as town councilman from 1912 until 1924, at which time he was elected mayor and still acts in that capacity.  Has been president of the school board over twenty years, and is a member of the Howard county democratic central committee.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

L. C. BOWERS, Kent. - Representative from Union county, was born in Henry county, Iowa, September 3, 1867.  Educated in rural schools, high school and Iowa State Teachers College.  Taught as principal of Iowa town schools for twelve years and entered the mercantile business in Kent, Iowa, in 1900, continuing to the present.  Married in 1906 to Alta M. Toland, and has one son, Virgil L.  Actively identified in his home community first as school treasurer, then as secretary for twenty-five years.  A member of the Union county board of education from the time of the enactment of the law creating that body to the present.  Republican precinct committeeman twenty-five years.  Member of the I. O. O. F. representing that order in Grand Lodge six years and serving one year as grand conductor of the order.  Elected  representative in 1932.  A republican.  

JOHN F. BRADY, Council Bluffs. - Representative from Pottawattamie county, was born September 6, 1902, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, son of George J. and Margaret Brady.  Parents born in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.  Reared at Council Bluffs and attended schools at that place, and also Creighton University College of Law, Omaha, Nebraska.  Admitted to bar in 1925 and now engaged in the general practice of law at Council Bluffs.  Counsel for Travelers Insurance Company, Omaha, Nebraska, four years, and American Automobile Insurance Company, St. Louis Missouri, one year.  Engaged in practice at Omaha two years.  A member of the Catholic church; Gamma Eta Gamma legal fraternity; Knights of Columbus, and the Elks.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

MARION BRUCE, Rolfe. - Representative from Pocahontas county, in which county he was born September 21, 1870, and has resided all his life at Rolfe, Iowa.  Publisher of the Rolfe Arrow since 1910, an independent newspaper.  Married to Gussie Wilcox September 21, 1894, and has one daughter.  Was postmaster at Rolfe under McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft, where he says he wasted sixteen of the best years of his life.  Is the third member of his family to serve as representative, his father, James J. Bruce, having served in the twenty-first, and his brother, Robert, having served in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh general assemblies.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

JAMES BURGESS, Sioux City. - Representative from Woodbury county, was born on a farm in Ray county, Missouri, July 12, 1870.  His father, John C. Burgess, was a native of Kentucky, his mother, Fanny Elliott, was a native of Virginia.  Mr. Burgess is a product of the country school.  Early in young manhood, he settled in Kansas City, Missouri, where he learned the printer's trade, and he was still young when he associated himself with the American Biscuit Company, which later became the National Biscuit Company.  His advancement was raid and in a few years he was superintendent of one of their largest factories, later being transferred to the largest plant.  After a few years in this position, the longing for greater activity out of doors induced him to strike out for himself as a builder for himself as a builder of homes and developer of sub-divisions in St. Joseph, Missouri, and after four years of marked success in St. Joseph, he located in Sioux City, January, 1912, where within the next twenty years, he built and sold more than seven hundred homes on the installment plan, without a single foreclosure.  Mr. Burgess always handled his own properties exclusively, buying the raw undeveloped land and developing it into high class modern residence districts.  In 1929 he organized the Hawkeye Building-Loan and Savings Association, of which he is president.  He also served two terms as president of the Sioux City Real Estate Board and is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Boards.  He is a member of he mortgage and finance division and the appraisal division of the national association.  Member of the appraisal board of the Sioux City Real Estate Board; director of the Iowa Association of Real Estate Board; director of the Sioux City Real Estate Board; chairman of legislative and taxation committee, Sioux City Real Estate Board; secretary of the Sioux City Real Estate Board, and councilor of the Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards.  Mr. Burgess was married to Pearl M. Morse of Kansas City, Missouri, November 26, 1903.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

JAMES G. CASEY, Osage. - Representative from Mitchell county, was born in Floyd county, March 6, 1881, on a farm and lived there until 1897.  He attended school in Charles City and Dubuque, Iowa.  Worked at the lumber business until 1910, when he entered the retail implement business.  Was married in 1908 to Nina Nims and has two sons, Joseph and James, Jr.  Served eighteen years on Osage independent school board.  Chairman of Nissen hospital board.  Chairman for sixteen years of democratic central committee for Mitchell county.  A member of the Catholic church and a member of the K. of C.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

JAMES E. CRAVEN, Kellogg - Representative from Jasper county, was born on a farm near Kellogg, Jasper county, Iowa, September 6, 1866.  His parents were both born in the state of New York, coming to Iowa in the early sixties.  After leaving the country school he took a three-year course in Hazel Dell Academy, at Newton, Iowa.  Is engaged in farming, stock raising and various other occupations.  Was married to Miss Julia Smith of Poweshiek county, Iowa.  December 14, 1892.   Has four children, two boys and two girls.  Served as representative in the thirty-sixth and forty-fourth general assemblies and re-elected to the forty-fifth.  A democrat.  

S. B. CROUCH, Jefferson. - Representative from Greene county, was born in Grundy county, Iowa, October 14, 1882.  He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Crouch of Storm Lake, Iowa, where he resided twenty-six years.  He married Catharine Mae Hamilton and they have one child, Catharine Ann, born December 19, 1932.  Mr. Crouch is a farmer, a Presbyterian, and a Mason.  Serving his first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

PAUL H. CUNNINGHAM. Des Moines. - Representative from Polk county, was born on a farm in Indiana county,  Pennsylvania, June 15, 1890.  A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.  Married, has three children, Paul Harvey, Jr. Edward Plummer and Harriet Sarah.  A lawyer.  Member of the law firm of Cunningham and Scott of Des Moines, Iowa.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

FOREST DAVIS, Moulton. - Representative from Appanoose county, was born March 28, 1879, in Wayne county, Iowa.  He is the son of L. T. Davis, one of the pioneer settlers of Wayne county and was education in rural schools.  Taught in public schools for two years and farmed a few years and then entered Chicago Veterinary College, graduating in 1912 with the degree of D. V. M.  Located at Moulton, Iowa, in 1912, where he has since practiced his profession, together with farming, real estate and insurance.  Was married in 1902 to Nora A. Thatcher of Wayne county, Iowa, and has three daughters, Cleo, Wilma, and Lois.  He has held local office almost continuously as follows:  assessor, member of school board and town council.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

EARL M. DEAN, Mason City. - Representative from Cerro Gordo county, was born near Mason City, October 4, 1894, on the farm which he now operates..  He attended district school and was graduated from the Mason City high school in 1914, and from Iowa State College in 1918.  Served during the World War in the 88th and 19th divisions at Camp Dodge and was commissioned as second lieutenant at fourth officers' training school, Camp Dodge.  He was married in 1923 to Florence Wilkinson of Mason City, and has two sons, Richard and Gerald.  He served as vice president of the county farm bureau; vice president of North Iowa Shipping Association, and a member of the North Iowa Fair Board; American Legion; Lions Club; the Congregational church and I. O. O. F., and has been active in county 4-H boy's clubs.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

O. J. DITTO, Sibley. - Representative from Osceola county.  (Biography appears elsewhere as a member of the State Highway Commission.)  

J. WILBUR DOLE, Fairfield. - Representative from Jefferson county, was born in Jefferson county, February 7, 1869, on the farm now owned by him and occupied by a tenant.  He attended rural school and later Parsons College, from which he graduated in 1894, a Phi Kappa Phi.  He taught in rural schools, high school and as principal in a village school.  He worked for a time in a law office.  For fourteen years he was secretary of the Fairfield school board.  He was postmaster at Fairfield, Iowa, 1916 to 1921.  He is a member of the board of trustees of the Fairfield free public library and secretary thereof.  His hobby is nature study, especially of plant life and birds.  A member of the Iowa Ornithologists Union, the Iowa Academy of Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  He served for many years both as democratic county chairman and as congressional committeeman.  A member of the I. O. O. F. and Masonic orders.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

P. H. DONLON, Ruthven. - Representative from Palo Alto county and speaker pro tempore of the house of representatives in the forty-fifth general assembly, grew to manhood in northern Illinois working on a farm, in a coal mine and as public school teacher.  Was a student at Illinois State Normal and the University of Illinois.  Came to Iowa in 1883 and for fifty years has been a continuous resident of Palo Alto county, working at farming, teaching, banking and in the postal service.  For the past eleven years he has resided on a farm near Ruthven, Iowa.  Serving second term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

BEN B. DOBAN, Grand Junction. - Representative from Boone county, was born at Beaver March 24, 1884, being one of thirteen children born to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Doran.  He is a farmer, stock raiser and feeder and has spent his entire life on the farm except one year at State University and a short time in the army, having enlisted at Des Moines, August 12, 1918.  Discharged as supply sergeant in Battery D, 19th regiment, A. A., in December of the same year.  Public school graduate of Beaver, Iowa.  Married Elizabeth Harker of Grand Junction, Iowa, June 6, 1923.  Have five children, three boys and two girls.  Member of the farm bureau and American Legion.  Serving first term as representative.  A republican.  

WILLIAM J. DREESSEN, Breda. - Representative of Crawford county, was born in Crawford county August 19, 1890.  He received his education in the common schools, and was united in marriage to Miss Wilhelmina Groen of Crawford county, March 12, 1913.  To this union six children were born, Alfred W., Marvin R., Leonard H., Dorothy Jane, Norma Elaine and Donna Bell.  He has been engaged in farming all his life, held office of assessor of Jackson township for a term of six years, and now holds the office of democratic committeeman of Jackson township in Crawford county.  He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and a member of the Masonic order.  He has been president of the Crawford County Farmers Union for the past eight years and is also director of the Farmers Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company.  Serving his first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

S. B. DURANT, Forest City. - Representative from Hancock county, was born on a farm in Madison township, Hancock county, January 9, 1873, where he and his family now reside.  He grew to manhood in this neighborhood.  At the age of seventeen he passed a teacher's examination and taught school twelve years.  Since 1903 his principal occupation has been farming.  Was farm bureau director eight years, school treasurer twenty years, is stockholder and member of a number of cooperative organizations, and is chairman of the official board of the Calvary Baptist church at Forest City  Married Miss Edith A. Howland, November 5, 1902, and has one daughter, Velma, and two adopted boys, Donald and Leo.  Served in the thirty-sixth and forty-fourth general assemblies as state representative, and re-elected to the forty-fifth.  A republican.  

ELMORE A. ELLIOTT, Des Moines. - Representative from Polk county, was born on a farm near Louisville, Kentucky, and spent the early years of his life farming.  Worked his way through school, entering Westfield College, Westfield, Illinois, at the age of 23, where he spent two years, later entering Old Western College at Toledo, Iowa, where he finished his education.  Married Lola Shepherd of Des Moines.  Elected a member of the city council of Des Moines in 1918, re-elected in 1920, serving both terms as finance commissioner.  With state board of health one year.  Is a minister in the United Brethren church.  A member of the Masonic order, the I. O. O. F., K. P., L. O. O. M. and Hapac Grotto.  Elected representative in 1924, re-elected in 1926 and 1928 and again in 1932.  A republican.  

E. O. ELLSWORTH, Iowa Falls. - Representative from Hardin county, was born in Iowa Falls in the county he represents and where he is still engaged in business.  Was actively identified with the construction of the Des Moines, Iowa Falls and Northern railroad from Iowa Falls to Des Moines, now a part of the Rock Island system.  During the World War was assigned to the preliminary training of all boys called into service from Hardin county.  Member of both York and Scottish branches of Masonry.  Elected to forty-third assembly and re-elected to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth.  A republican.

ERNEST H. FABRITZ, Ottumwa. - Representative from Wapello county, born near Eddyville, Iowa, May 17, 1895.  Finished school at seventeen and took up office work four years and then entered the Lewis Institute, Chicago, and after two years at college enlisted in the United States army.  During World War served more than a year in France, where he was commissioned lieutenant of infantry.  He is engaged in teh hardware business and is now president of Frabritz Hardware.  (the rest of the bio can't be read.  The pages are torn.  

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VICTOR FELTER, Indianola. - Representative from Warren county, was born in Tama county, Iowa, in 1877.  He received his high school education at Washta, Cherokee county, where his father was a farmer and nurseryman twenty-five years.  He purchased his first farm near Cherokee.  In 1915 Mr. Felter was in charge of the Iowa agricultural exhibit at the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition during the entire judging period when Iowa won the grand prize on the famous "Horn of Plenty."  He judged the county exhibits at the Iowa state fair for ten consecutive years.  He became county agent at Oakland, Iowa, in 1918 and continued in this position for eight consecutive years.  He moved to his Warren county farm in 1926, where he has a large commercial orchard.  Was chosen president of the county farm bureau.  Married and has three sons and two daughters, all at home.  Elected to the legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A republican.  

CLINTON L. FLETCHER, Ocheyedan. - Representative from Osceola county, was born on a farm near Ocheyedan, Iowa, May 23rd, 1887.  He received his education in the rural school and high school of Ocheyedan, Iowa.  Married Belle Morton, June 6th, 1917.  He enlisted in the U. S. naval reserve force on May 31st, 1918, and was released from active service December 13th, 1918, and honorably discharged September 30th, 1921.  He served as township assessor for four years; township trustee five years; assessor for the town of Ocheyedan fourteen years and resigned as member of the town council at the time of election as state representative.  He is a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Order, Order of the Eastern Star, and the American Legion, and is actively engaged in farming.  He was elected representative at a special election October 3rd, 1933, to fill vacancy caused by the appointment of Representative O. J. Ditto as member of the state highway commission.  A republican.  

LAMAR P. FOSTER, West Branch. - Representative from Cedar county, was born on a farm in Illinois, April 4, 1898, and graduated from high school and attended James Milliken University as a member of the student army training corps.  Taught in the rural schools in central Illinois for three years, and came to Downey, Cedar county, Iowa, as principal of the Downey public school in 1919.  Has been engaged in farming  since 1925.  Married to Mary Thomason in 1920, and has four children, LaMar, Jr., Derrold, Doris Jean and Mary Jeanette.  Serving first term in the legislative.  A democrat.  

J. W. FRIZZELL, Brooklyn. - Representative from Poweshiek county, was born on a farm three and a half miles northwest of Brooklyn, Iowa, January 10, 1865.  His parents, Thomas Frizzell and Margaret (Buchanan) Frizzell, were early settlers coming to Iowa in 1853.  Educated in the rural schools and assisted his father in farming and stock raising until 1891, when he located on the farm two miles west of Brooklyn, which his grandfather had purchased from the govern - (Page is torn and information is gone.) 

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?(Page torn and cannot read) FUESTER, Ida Grove. - Representative from Ida county, was born May (page torn and cannot read) at Blue Island, Illinois, and shortly thereafter moved with his parents to ? Iowa, and two years later moved into Ida county, where he helped his parents on a farm.  At the age of twenty-one he moved for himself on a farm four and one-half miles southwest of Ida Grove, Iowa, where he lived from 1897 to March, 1928, at which time he rented out his farm, moved to Ida Grove and engaged in the insurance business.  In October, 1897, he was united in marriage to Mary Burk, and to this union was born three children, two boys and one girl.  Mr. Fuester has held offices as follows:  Twelve years township clerk and six years on county board of supervisors, and in 1932, he was elected to the Iowa legislature.  A democrat.  

J. P. GALLAGHER, Williamsburg. - Representative from Iowa county, was born in Iowa county seventy-one years ago of Irish parentage.  He is unmarried and a member of the Catholic church.  Has been editor of the Williamsburg Journal-Tribune for thirty-two years.  Serving fourth term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

ADA ADAIR GARNER, Shell Rock. - Representative from Butler county, was born on a farm in Shell Rock township, Butler county, Iowa.  She is a member of a rural school board, Rebekah lodge and the W. R. C.  Her family consists of her husband, A. F. Garner, and her two sons, Vernon, at home, and George of Waterloo.  Her aged father, George Adair, Civil War veteran, makes his home with her.  She has lived continuously within sight of her birthplace except for two years spent in the west.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

W. H. GISSEL, Independence. - Representative from Buchanan county, was born in Buchanan county, September 16, 1872.  Was reared on a farm and attended the public schools in his community.  In 1893 he married Emma J. Bantz, and they settled on a farm near Independence, where they still reside.  Representative Gissel was converted in 1894 and united with the Methodist church, of which denomination he is still a member.  Has family of nine children, four sons and five daughters.  All of the daughters have been school teachers.  Elected representative in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

G. J. GITTINGER, Chariton. - Representative from Lucas county, was born in Lucas county November 29, 1859.  He was raised on the farm and educated in the rural schools, with a course of instruction in a business college.  Agriculture - his vocation until 1905, when called to the sheriff's office of his county, and on the completion of his term as sheriff was called to the treasurer's office as an assistant, and was later appointed city clerk, which position he held for six years.  For the past fourteen years he has been city assessor of the city of Chariton, resigning that office when elected to the legislature.  His religious and political beliefs are based on the Golden Rule.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

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CHRISTIAN GRELL, Donahue. - Representative from Scott county, was born in Allen's Grove township, Scott county, Iowa, August 19, 1878, of German and Swiss descent.  Educated in the common school, having attended school only during winter months after ten years of age, but continued an annual review of the work for several years by attending school after having graduated in the eighth grade at the age of fourteen.  Active in community athletics, social and literary activities, accepting the faith of Christian Science religion.  Married February 28, 1906, to Miss Alice A. Mohr, and to this union were born seven children, four girls and three boys.  Engaged in agricultural pursuit of farming, stock feeding and dairying, later engaging in saw milling as a side line, specializing in manual training supplies and farm machinery repair stock.  Has been a member of local school board and held office of justice of the peace for some twenty years.  Is a charter member of the farm bureau and member of the county board of supervisors for many years.  Served as county president of Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of Scott county five years.  Sponsor of the Farmers Protective Association of Iowa.  Elected to the state legislature in November, 1932.  A democrat.  

ARTHUR C. HANSON, Inwood. - Representative from Lyon county, was born August 9, 1891, near Inwood, Iowa, on the farm where he now resides, his father being one of the pioneer settlers of Lyon county.  Educated in rural schools and later completed sub-collegiate course in agriculture at Iowa State College in 1915.  Has engaged in farming  and feeding of live stock since that time.  Entered army as recruit at Camp Forrest, Georgia, August 1, 1918, and served there and at Camp Sheridan, Alabama, with 209th engineers for six months.  Married July 25, 1918, to Emma Helder and they have three sons; Harland, Eldon, and Marlo.  Public activities include the following:  Township assessor ten years; president of Lyon township school board for past three years; president, secretary or director Lyon County Farmers Institute past 15 years; president Lyon County Farm Bureau 1928 and 1929, and chairman of legislative committee since that time; member Thorson Post No. 310, American Legion, and acted as chaplain since 1920; except one year as commander; member of official board of Methodist church and teacher of adult bible class.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

HENRY N. HANSON, Leland. - Representative from Winnebago county, was born on a farm in Webster county, Iowa, September 3, 1876.   He received his education in the rural schools of his county, in Luther Academy at Bode, Humboldt county, Iowa, and at Humboldt College, Humboldt, Iowa.  He engaged in the general merchandise business with is father in 1893 until moving to North Dakota in the fall of 1902, filing on a homestead on which he lived and proved up in 1909.  He then returned to Iowa and settled on a farm in Winnebago county.  He served as a member of the board of supervisors, resigning to better (the rest is torn away)  

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R. C. HOPP, Glenwood. - Representative from Mills county, was born in Germany February 15, 1870.  Came to America with his parents in 1873.  His father died a month later and it was necessary for him to help work on the farm, get what schooling he could during winter months in the public schools.  When twenty-one, bought first land practically on time and was married to Rosa L. Saar.  Have ten children, five girls and five boys, all living.  Has owned eight hundred acres Mills county land; four hundred acres have been divided among the children.  He is still operating four hundred acres.  Director Glenwood State bank twenty years, now president; director of Pottawattamie Mutual Fire Insurance Association twenty years; on school board five years; township road overseer five years; president of farm bureau three years; awarded master farmer medal 1930, and member of I. O. O. F. lodge.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

H. B. HOUGH, Oelwein. - Representative from Fayette county, Iowa.  Born in 1868 in said county.  Moved with parents to Oelwein in 1881, where he received education in the public schools.  Married in 1891 to Esther Kelso of Corydon, Iowa.  Has one daughter, Martha, attending college.  Bought and shipped live stock in Fayette county for thirty-five years.  At present is trying to support four farms.  Now resides in Oelwein.  Is a member of Presbyterian church.  Elected to legislature in 1932.  A democrat.  

O. N. HULTMAN, Stanton. - Representative from Montgomery county, was born in Staton, Iowa, of Swedish descent.  He attended the public school and was graduated from the Stanton high school, and began his business career as a clerk in a general store.  Later he accepted a position as assistant manager of a retail lumber business, and after two years he became its manager and at present is owner of a retail lumber business.  He has served as mayor and councilman of Stanton.  A director of the First National bank.  He is a member of the Lutheran church, American Legion, K. of P., and is a thirty-second degree Mason.  He is unmarried.  Serving his first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

ALVA HUMESTON, Humeston, - Representative of Wayne county, was born in Ohio, August 12, 1852.  In 1864 he moved with his parents to Wayne county, Iowa, where they settled on a farm of 640 acres of raw prairie land.  The town of Humeston, Iowa, was named by the Burlington railway officials in honor of Mr. Humeston's father, Alva Humeston, senior.  He was educated at the Garden Grove academy conducted by the late H. A. Harkness.  Commenced teaching at the age of 15 and taught for five years.  Served as mayor, assessor, postmaster, member of city council, and member of school board for 24 years.  Principal activities in life:  grain, seed, and coal dealer and shipper of live stock.  Retired from active business in 1931 when he sold his interest in firm of Alva Humeston & Sons to Clarence S. and Charles Humeston, who now conduct the business under the name of Humeston Brothers.  He has been married twice and is the father of seven children, four boys and three girls, all married and successful in life.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

JOHN J. JENKINS, Columbus Junction. - Representative from Louisa county, was born on a farm in said county November 2, 1879.  He received his education in the rural schools and graduated form the Columbus Junction his school and in 1906 was graduated from the agriculture department of the Iowa State College at Ames.  In November, 1908, he was married to Elsie Getts and they are the parents of seven children, five girls:  Mary, Harriet, Marie, Marjorie and Helen, and two boys:  Richard and Charles.  He has spent his entire life on the farm in the raising of live stock and general farm management and has served as president of his local shipping association, school board, county farm bureau and the Louisa County Fair Association.  He is a member of the Presbyterian church and Consistory and Mystic Shrine fraternal organizations.  Serving his first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

T. G. JENSEN, Kimballton. - Representative from Audubon county, was born near Manitowoc, Wisconsin, August 8, 1874.  At the age of nine he moved with hi parents to Audubon county, Iowa, where he has resided ever since.  He attended Elk Horn high school during the winter terms of 1890-92, and the Omaha Business college in the winter term of 1893-94.  He attended the Lincoln Normal University at Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1895-96 and Highland Park College, Des Moines, in 1897-98.  A carpenter by trade, he helped to found the Kimballton Construction Company of Kimballtown, Iowa, in the fall of 1904.  In 1914 the name was changed to the Jensen Construction Company, of which he has been owner ever since.  In 1905 he married Kirstine Simonsen and is the father of four sons and four daughters.  Member of Evangelical Lutheran church.  Serving first terms in the legislature.  A democrat.  

ELMER A. JOHNSON, Cedar Rapids. - Representative from Linn county, was born in Wernerville, Wisconsin, November 29, 1871.  His parents, John and Kate Johnson, brought their family to Iowa and settled on a farm near Chester, Howard county, in 1877.  Educated in rural schools and time divided between farm activities and school teaching until 1897, when he entered the law office of John McCook, Cresco, Iowa, and later attended the University of Iowa Law College and graduated with class of 1899, and has ever since followed the legal profession in the county which he represents.  During the Spanish-American war enlisted  as a private, Company I, 50th Iowa Vol. Inf., and was honorably discharged with rank of corporal November 30, 1898, when regiment was mustered out.  He was married December 14, 1905, to Iva M. Strong and has one daughter, Ella.  Member of the Linn County, Iowa State and American Bar associations.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

WM. KOICH, Waverly. - Representative from Bremer county, was born in that county, October 17, 1886.  Attended rural school and later Wartburg College at Waverly, graduating from its commercial course in 1905.  Was teller in bank at Readlyn three years, then entered in the general merchandise business at the same place, later entering grocery business at Waverly, selling it in 1925, and since then he has engaged in several other interests, and at the present time is engaged in the real estate and insurance business.  Married in 1908 to Wilhelmina Dickmann, and have and boy, Kenneth.  Lutheran in religious faith.  Elected to the legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

E. P. LAUGHLIN, Imogene. - Representative from Fremont county, was born May 10, 1881, on the farm he now owns, where his father first broke the prairie and which he and his sons now farm.  Started raising pure bred polled shorthorn cattle in 1908, and has since improved and enlarged the herd.  Completed Imogene public school and Christian Brothers' College in St. Joseph, Missouri.  Theresa O'Brien April 20, 1909.  They have three children; Matthew, Lucille and Louis.  Served in legislature as representative from Fremont county in forty-second, forty-second extra, forty-fourth and forty-fifth general assemblies.  A democrat.  

E. M. LICHTY, Waterloo. - Representative from Black Hawk county, was born in Orange township, Black Hawk county, Iowa, February 2, 1867.  When he was six months old his parents moved on the farm where he has lived continuously ever since, and which he now owns.  He received his education  in the rural schools and business college at Waterloo; married in 1889 to Emma Miller of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and to this union were born seven children, one of whom died in infancy.  He has made farming his life work, always raising and feeding a large number of hogs, besides dairying and cattle feeding.  After being elected to the fortieth general assembly he resigned as president of the consolidated school board, secretary and treasurer of the telephone company (which office he held for twenty years), township trustee, and chairman of township farm bureau.  The three sons and son-in-law are working the several farms consisting of 680 acres on a fifty-fifty basis.  In May, 1921, his wife died and in December, 1922, he married Clara Miller of Waterloo, Iowa.  Served in the fortieth, fortieth extra, forty-first, forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth general assemblies.  A republican.  

C. E. LOOKINGBILL, Nevada. - Representative from Story county, was born on a farm near Panora, Iowa, April 25, 1876.  Attended the county school and the Cuthrie county high school.  Left the farm at the age of twenty-one and entered the memorial craftsman business.  In 1911 he entered the electric utility business and carried on both businesses until 1925, when he sold out the utility business.  On September 26, 1900, he married Addie Reitz and they have one daughter, Mrs. A. L. Loucks of Baltimore, Maryland.  He lived in Sac county three years and then moved back to Maxwell, Iowa, in Story county.  He served as mayor of Maxwell, and in 1918 moved to Nevada, Iowa, Story county.  Elected mayor of Nevada and served two terms.  He has been a minister of the gospel for twenty-five years, and is a member of the Methodist church.  A member of the Masonic order.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

CHARLES E. MALONE, Atlantic. - Representative from Cass county, was born on a farm in Cass county, Iowa, October 24, 1881.  Attended country school in that county.  He has been interested in growing and exhibiting of purebred seed corn and grains for over thirty years, and served as assistant superintendent of the Iowa department of agriculture at World's Fair at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1903.  Married to Edna E. Harris, April 18, 1906, and has two sons:  Claude and Cecil.  Engaged in farming and operating seed store.  Served as county treasurer for two terms and as county supervisor for three terms in Cass county.  Was chosen by Dante Pierce, editor Iowa Homestead, to represent farmers of middle west in Chicago in 1931 at the installation of new equipment of C. R. I. & P. R. R.  Elected to the legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.

EDWARD J. MANIECE, Esterville. - Representative from from Emmet county, was born on a farm near Fennimore, Wisconsin, in 1890.  Moved with parents to the vicinity of Esterville and has lived there since.  Was educated in country schools and Estherville Business College.  Married in 1917 to Anna C. Stammer and has two children, Ruth and Francis.  Mr. Maniece is a farmer and raises  purebred livestock and he is a charter member and has been township director and county president of the Emmett County Farm Bureau.  Member of Presbyterian church, past chancellor of Knights of Pythias.  Was township assessor for eleven years and secretary of the Emmet consolidated school the past ten years.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

FRANK J. McCARTHY, Sioux City. - Representative from Woodbury county, was born in Plymouth county November 17th, 1905.  He attended public schools and graduated from Trinity college of Sioux City, Iowa.  Has been a representative for an eastern manufacturing concern.  A member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Catholic church.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

D. R. McCREERY, Alburnett. - Representative from Linn county, was born on a farm near Cedar Rapids, February 14, 1881, and has lived in Linn county all his life, where he received his education in the public schools.  Was married to Letitia M. Quass in 1906.  Has always been actively engaged in farming and stock raising and is now a breeder of purebred Duroc Jersey swine.  He was a member of the forty-third and forty-fourth general assemblies and re-elected to the forty-fifth in 1932.  A republican.  

JOHN McDERMOTT, Bridgewater. - Representative from Adair county, was born in Richland county, Ohio, February 17, 1858.  Moved with his parents to Iowa the same year and settled on a farm in Benton township, Cass county.  Educated in the public schools.  In 1880, moved to a farm in Massena, township, where he continued farming.  Married Anna Marsh, March 11, 1884, and they have six children living, three sons and three daughters.  In 1892 moved to Bridgewater, Adair county, and engaged in the lumber business, still continuing his farming and stock raising.  In 1900 he added the grain business to his other lines of work, which he operated for fifteen years. At present he is engaged in the lumber business, farming and stock raising.  He was elected to the legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

ARCH W. McFARLANE, Waterloo, - Representative from Black Hawk  county, was born at Waterloo, Iowa, April 14, 1885; educated in the public schools and was graduated from high school in 1904.  Was married April 6, 1908, to Miss Elsie V. Hawkins.  He is now engaged in the wholesale fuel business, with headquarters at Waterloo.  Belongs to Christ Episcopal church, being a vestryman of that church.  Is a member of the various branches of the Masonic order, including El-Kahir Shrine; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Loyal Order of Moose; and is a supreme officer of the United Commercial Travelers.  Elected a member of the Iowa house of representatives in 1914, re-elected in 1916-18 and 1920.  Was speaker pro tem of the thirty-seventh general assembly; speaker of the house of the thirty-eighth, thirty-eighth special, and thirty-ninth general assemblies.  Elected to the senate in 1926 as a member of the forty-second general assembly.  Elected lieutenant governor in November, 1928, and re-elected in November, 1930.  Elected as representative in 1932.  A republican. 

CURTIS L. McKINNON, New London. - Representative from Henry county, was born in New London, Iowa, October 10, 1889.  He has been a farmer and business man of Henry county practically all his life and was educated in the public schools of Henry county.  He is married has a wife and two children.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

DON V. McLEAN, Marshalltown. - Representative from Marshall county, was born near Marshalltown, Marshall county, Iowa, July 7, 1880, the son of Henry C. and Emma J. McLean.  Was educated in the country schools and the schools of Marshalltown and several extension terms at Ames.  Was married December 27, 1906, to Anna M. Packer of Marshalltown, and had four children, Phillip, Jane, Mariana and Alice May, three of whom are living.  A farmer, stock raiser and feeder.  Member of the Congregational church; the Masonic lodge; Eastern Star; and Lions club.  Served four years as president of he farm bureau, three as treasurer of the Central Iowa Fair Association.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

LEROY S. MERCER, Iowa City. - Representative from Johnson county, was born November 30, 1889, at Newscomerstown, Ohio, and when five years old his parents moved to Iowa City, where he has since resided.  He received his education in the Iowa City public schools and the State University of Iowa.  He was married in 1913 to Isabelle Brant and they have two daughters, Mary Elizabeth and Dorothy Harriett.  He is a member of the Mystic Shrine, Knights Templar, Elks, Rotary club, Phi Kappa Psi and Trinity Episcopal church.  After receiving his education he engaged in business and is now vice-president of the Economy Advertising Company of Iowa City, and is a director of several other manufacturing companies.  He served two terms as alderman-at-large on the city council.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

BERTON L. METCALF, Nichols. - Representative from Muscatine county, was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, and came to Iowa in a covered wagon with his parents, Reuben and Melissa Metcalf, when nine months old in 1868.  His father died when he was nine years old, and he had to help with farm work during summer, while attending school in winter.  At the age of twenty commenced farming for himself and four years later, April 6, 1893, married Ina G. Hankins, and has two children, Clarence and Alberta.  He and his son operate their 620 acres, grain farming and live stock feeding.  Member of Christian church; Masonic Mohassen Grotto; I. O. O. F.; Modern Woodmen; and Royal Neighbor lodges.  Served as mayor and councilman, and twenty successive years on school board of independent district.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

GEO. E. MILLER, Harlan. - Representative from Shelby county, was born November 6, 1876, in that county.  Attended the district school and completed the high school course at Harlan, Iowa.  He taught school five years and has held various offices of trust in his township and county, acting as president of school board, assessor and county supervisor for nine years.  He was elected representative in 1923, serving during the fortieth, fortieth extra, the forty-first, forty-second, forty-second extra, forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth general assemblies.  He was chosen speaker of the house of representatives in the forty-fifth general assembly, being the second democratic speaker since Iowa became a state.  Was married in 1903 to Della Ramsey of Portsmouth, Iowa.  They have three daughters.  Mr. Miller has been engaged in active farming ever since married.  Is a member of the Masonic order and the Shrine.  A democrat.

PAUL L. MILLHONE, Clarinda. - Representative from Page County, was born on a farm in Page county, Iowa, December 8, 1892; educated in the public schools of Page county and graduated from Simpson College at Indianola, Iowa, in 1917, and from Western Reserve Law School of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1922.  Practiced law in Shenandoah and Clarinda, Iowa, since 1922.  County attorney of Page county, Iowa, from 1925 to 1931.  Married to Margaret Griffith of Des Moines in 1926 and has three children:  Martha Mary, Margaret Ruth and John Paul.  Member Alpha Tau Omega, college fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi, law fraternity, the Masonic lodge and the Presbyterian church.  Elected to the legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A republican.  

JOHN H. MITCHELL, Fort Dodge, - Representative from Webster county, was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, November 5, 1899.   He attended Columbia College at Dubuque, graduated from the University of Iowa Law College and was admitted to the bar in 1923.  He practiced law at Humboldt, Iowa, until 1927, when he became his father's partner in the firm of Mitchell & Mitchell, at Fort Dodge.  He was commander of the Humboldt post of the American Legion, and in 1927 was tenth district commander.  He was publicity manager of the 1932 state convention of the American Legion at Fort Dodge and is a past president of the Order of Elks and member of the Knights of Columbus, and affiliated with Sigma Chi college fraternity and Phi Delta Phi, honorary legal fraternity.  He was married in February, 1927, to Miss Ruth Jaqua of Humboldt and they have two daughters, Martha and Jean.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

CHARLES D. MOORE, Urbana. - Representative from Benton county, was born on a farm August 8, 1879, son of Joseph L. and Mary E. Moore.  Graduated from Urbana high school in 1896 and from Schrader Academy in 1898.  Attended Drake University and taught school three years, then entered mercantile business in 1906.  Has been actively engaged in live stock raising and farming since 1908.  Connected with the Guaranty Life Insurance Company since 1918.  In September of 1917, was married to Birdie O. Berg of Denison, Iowa, and has one child, George Robert.  Member and past master of A. F. & A. M. and past patron of the O. E. S.  Was mayor of Urbana two years, secretary of Benton County Agricultural Association since 1927, and 1933 president of the Iowa Fair Managers' Association.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

R. G. MOORE, Dunlap. - Representative from Harrison county, was born in Kossuth county, Iowa, July 27, 1888, the son of J. M. and Nona H. Moore, who were pioneer residents of that county.  He attended the rural schools and graduated from the Algona high school in 1908; spent a year on the farm and then entered Iowa State College for the purpose of studying veterinary medicine and after finishing his course in that subject in 1913, he located at Dunlap in Harrison county, and since that time has conducted a general veterinary practice in that vicinity with the exception of two years spent at Camp Dodge and in the A. E. F. as a first lieutenant in the army during the World War.  He was married in 1915 to Gladys Ann Acton and has three children: Nona Jane, Robert A. and Ruth Ann.  A charter member and the first commander of the Dunlap post of the American Legion; served on the city council four years; as mayor eight years and as a member of the board of education for nine years.  Member Masonic lodge; member of Methodist church; was elected representative in 1932.  A democrat.

WILLIAM A. MOOTY, Grundy Center. - Representative from Grundy county, was born in Longford county, Ireland, sixty-nine years ago.  He came to New York City in the summer of 1878 and then came west and settled in Grundy county, Iowa.  He attended the public schools in Grundy Center, Tilford Academy at Vinton, Iowa, and Western College, Toledo, Iowa.  April 12, 1905, he married May E. Kaufman of Morrison, Iowa, and they have two children:  William L. and Helen M., both of Grundy Center, Iowa.  He has held the following offices:  township clerk, county supervisor, president of Meat Producers Association of Grundy county, director of Grundy County FArmers Mutual Insurance Company, and was vice-president of the same company one year.  He is also president of the FArmers Savings bank of Morrison, Iowa.  Occupation:  farmer and stockman.  He served in the thirty-seventh and thirty-eight general assemblies besides the present forty-fifth.  A republican.  

ISAAC WALTER OSBORN, Leon. - Representative from Decatur county, was born on a farm near Davis City, March 30, 1878, and resided on the farm for thirty-six years.  Moved to Leon, Iowa, in 1914.  Was united in marriage to Nellie Mae Jackson November 2, 1898, and to this union six children were born, four girls and two sons, one of whom, Marion J., has passed to his reward.  Attended rural school and graduated from the Davis City high school, 1898.  In early life taught rural school.  Was a boy scout leader six years.  Member of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Served as township assessor twelve years; secretary of school board eight years; county auditor two terms; and county agricultural agent twelve years.  Clerk of local draft board during World War.  President of Leon board of education since 1928.  Member Masonic order, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen.  Elected to legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

PAUL I. D. OSTBY, Kensett. - Representative from Worth county, son of the late Reverend and Mrs. Paul G. Ostby, was born in Austin, Mower county, Minnesota, October 27, 1876.  Moved to Freeborn county, Minnesota, in 1879.  Received a rural school education, attended St. Ansgar Seminary and Institute in 1892 and 1893.  Followed farming as his main occupation.  Married to Emma C. Gavie in 1898 and they have six sons and six daughters:  Eugene, William, Roger, Otto, Thomas, Wallace, Emma, Rachel, Pearl, Ruth, Edith and Clarine.  Moved to a farm in Brookfield township, Worth county, Iowa, April 7, 1931, and was elected state representative from Worth county, having been a resident of the state but one year and seven months on day of election.  A democrat.  

WM. PAISLEY, Donnellson. - Representative from Lee county, was born on a farm near Primrose, Iowa, December 8, 1865.  He attended rural school at Primrose and worked on his father's farm and later engaged in farming for himself, which he has continued ever since in the county he represents.  He was married to Linnie F. Pease, October 5, 1893, and to this union three children were born, one dying in infancy and another at the age of seven.  A daughter, Helen, 21 years of age, who has finished her college education, now resides at home with her parents.  He is a Mason and a Shriner.  Elected to the legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

MILTON PEACO, Clinton. - Representative from Clinton county, was born in Belle Plaine, Iowa.  When two years of age he moved with his parents, Thomas C. and Mary E. Peaco, to Clinton county, where he has since resided.  He was educated in the public schools of Clinton.  Entered the service of the Chicago-Northwestern Railroad Company when he was fifteen years of age, where he is still employed as a machinist.  In 1899 he married Sadie E. Cook, a daughter of Robert E. and Nancy M. Cook.  He is a member of the Christian church, a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of the Eastern Star.  Elected stare representative in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

R. ARNO PEET, Bagley. - Representative from Guthrie county, was born March 1, 1901, in Edgewood, Clayton county, Iowa.  He attended the public schools at Edgewood, graduating in 1919; attended Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1919-22; and the State University of Iowa 1922-23, receiving a B. A. degree there in journalism.  In 1924, he married Hazel Helbig of Cedar Rapids.  He was high school principal and athletic coach at Chardon, Iowa, 1923-25, and superintendent of schools, Bagley, Iowa, 1925-32.  For the past two years he has owned and published the Bagley Gazette.  He is a member of the Masonic order; chairman of the credentials committee of the grand chapter, O. E. S.; member of Sigma Phi Epsilon national fraternity; member of Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary forensic fraternity; and a life member of the National Educational Association.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

E. B. PORTER, Delhi. - Representative from Delaware county, was born on a farm near Delhi, March 27, 1862.  He was educated in the public schools of Delhi, and attended Lenox College at Hopkinton, Iowa.  He taught school for a few years, and later followed mercantile pursuits until 1897, when he returned to the farm where he was born, where he still resides.  In 1890 he organized the Silver Spring Creamery Co., and in 1914 was also the organizing power of the Farmers Shipping Association.  Mr. Porter is a Baptist, and belongs to the grange, the farm bureau, and is an Odd Fellow.  He served as town clerk for twenty years.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

ED. RAWLINGS, Onawa. - Representative from Monona county, was born in Platteville, Wisconsin, in 1871, and came to Monona county, Iowa, in 1875.  Attended the common schools until he reached the age of seventeen years, when both of his parents passed away.  Married Miss Effie Miller in 1896, who died January 8, 1929.  They were the parents of four sons.  He and his family have resided in Onawa for the past twenty-five years.  He has held various offices, among them that of county sheriff seven years.  At the present time he is a member of the Onawa board of education; president of Monona County Farm Bureau, and treasurer of Monona County Mutual Fire Insurance Association; secretary and treasurer of the Illinois Central Elevator Company; and member of Onawa Community Club.   Elected representative in 1928 and 1930, and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

ISAAC M. REED, Oskaloosa. - Representative from Mahaska county, was born near Barnsville, Belmont county, Ohio, February 22, 1870, where he grew to manhood, moving to Rose Hill, Mahaska county, Iowa, June 27, 1894, and resided there until 1911, when he moved to Oskaloosa, having at that time been elected sheriff of Mahaska county.  In this capacity, he served two terms.  During his residence in Rose Hill, he served four years as mayor and six as justice of the peace.  Since 1898 has been actively engaged in the occupation of auctioneer and has conducted purebred livestock sales in several states.  For many years he has acted in the capacity of judge of livestock in state and international shows, and is well known throughout the United States and Canada, because of his fraternal relations.  During the years 1929 and 1930, he was supreme monarchs of the Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans of the United States and Canada.  Also a member of the Masonic order.  Elected to the legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

CLARENCE L. RICE, Delta. - Representative from Keokuk county, was born in Mahaska county on a farm near Wright in 1889, the son  of W. I. and N. A. Rice.  Was educated in the schools of Mahaska county.  Spent one year in Colorado and five years in Oklahoma, and has visited at different times in many of the other states of the union.  Married and has four children, three sons and one daughter.  With the exception of one year, has been actively engaged in farming and for the past 15 years has farmed in Keokuk county.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

OVE T. ROE, Waukon. - Representative from Allamakee county, was born in that county September 4, 1887.  He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tolef Roe.  He received his early education in the rural schools and Upper Iowa University at Fayette, Iowa.  He married Emma Kolsrud of Waterville, Iowa, and five children were born to them:  Thomas, Melvin, Doris, Kenneth and Willard.  He is president of the Paint Creek Farmers Telephone Company, was president of the Allamakee County Federal Farm Loan Association, treasurer and director of the Allamakee County Farm Bureau, president of the Luther League of W. P. C. church, and a member of the Allamakee County Fair Association.  He is a member of the Lutheran church.  He has followed the occupation of a farmer with the exception of eight years while he was engaged in partnership with his brother, A. H. Roe, in the general merchandise business.  Elected to the legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.   A democrat.  

JOHN RYDER, Dubuque. - Senior representative from Dubuque county, was born and reared in Dubuque, Iowa, and educated in the parochial schools.  He graduated from the Bayless Business College.  For twenty-five years he was the junior member of the Ryder Brothers wholesale grocery firm.  In 1919,  he organized the Ryder Realty Company and served as vice-president until January, 1925, when he retired from the firm.  In March, 1925, he was elected member of the board of education of the city of Dubuque and was appointed chairman of the finance committee.  He was married in November, 1917, to Miss Anna L. Killeen, who died in May, 1923.  He was elected to the general assembly November, 1924, re-elected in 1926, 1928, 1930, and 1932.  A democrat.  

GEORGE M. SCHLATTER, Bellevue. - Representative from Jackson county, was born in Bellevue, Jackson county, May 31st, 1864.  Graduate of the Bellevue public school and the State University of Iowa, class of 1885.  Civil engineer by profession.  Has been engaged in the general grain and seed business for many years; also engaged in banking for twenty-five years, holding the office of director and president.  Served as a member of local school board, city treasurer and filled the office of mayor for three terms.  Married in 1889 to Amelia Kucheman and has one daughter, Frances.  Elected at a special election to fill vacancy caused by appointment of Representative F. J. Swift as deputy health commissioner.  A democrat.  

T. F. SCHMITZ, Osslan. - Representative from Winneshiek county, was born in Ossian, Iowa, November 4, 1874.  Enlisted in the Spanish-American War and received an honorable discharge at the close of the conflict.  Since that time he has been editor, publisher and proprietor of the Ossian Bee, a democratic newspaper.  On August 22, 1905, he married Miss Marie Louise Broihier of Ossian and they are the parents of one son, Frank A.  Mr. Schmitz is a product of the local school and a member of the Catholic church.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

JOHN H. SCHROEDER, Arcadia. - Representative from Carroll county, was born in Dubuque county in 1865.  His father came from Germany to Iowa at the age of 11 years.  His maternal grand-parents crossed the Mississippi in an ox drawn covered wagon, carrying all their possessions, in 1855.  His early education was received in the schools of New Vienna, Iowa.  In the winter of 1880-1881 his parents moved to Carroll county, where he has since resided.  He was a student at Cornell College in 1886, taught country schools and then entered the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls in 1889, from whence he graduated as Master of Didactics in 1891.  He was a member of the Philomathean Literary Society.  He taught as principal of schools at Granville, and St. Charles, and as superintendent of Akron public schools till 1900.  Since then he farmed near Arcadia, Carroll county, was justice of the peace for twelve years, and manager of the Golden star Creamery for 18 years.  He helped organize the Farmers Elevator Company at Areadia, and since 1919 he has been active in organization work for the farm bureau and the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Association.  He married in 1893 and his wife, Pauline, two sons, Walter E. and John A., and three daughters, Loretta, Elvira, and Dolores are all living.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

WM. R. SHERIDAN, Keokuk. - Representative from Lee county, was born in Kossuth county, Iowa, thirty-seven years ago was educated at St. John's high school in Bancroft, St. Mary's College in Kansas, St. Louis University of St. Louis, and graduated from the University of Iowa law school in 1920.  Referee in bankruptcy for Lee and Van Buren counties for three years and city solicitor for four years.  Served in the war with Germany and member of the American Legion.  Married in 1929 to Lucile Becker, Ackley, Iowa, and they have one daughter, Ruth Ann.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

WM. H. SMITH, Quimby. - Representative from Cherokee county, was born May 20, 1866, in Clinton county, Iowa, and moved with his parents to Cherokee county in 1869, where he has resided ever since, living on present farm thirty-eight years.  Married Louie L. Leonard in 1891, to which union was born seven children, five boys and two girls.  Held the office of township trustee in Rock township, Cherokee county, for nine years.  Was director of the Farmers Telephone Company fifteen years and a director of the Farmer's Elevator Company seven years.  Serving first term in legislature.  A democrat.  

FRANK G. SNYDER, Webster City. - Representative from Hamilton county, was born at Brooklyn, Poweshiek county, sixty-six years ago, the youngest of eight children.  His parents, Martin and Catherine Snyder, were Pennsylvania Dutch and came to Brooklyn in the early fifties.  He attended public school at Brooklyn, and later Mt. Morris, Illinois, College.  In 1888 engaged in the general merchandise business at Eldora.  In 1891 he went into the general merchandise business at Jewell, Hamilton county.  Served as president and manager of the Jewell Telephone Company and Jewell gas plant, and as mayor and member of board of education.  In 1909 he secured the agency for Ford cars in Hamilton and Hardin counties, which business he still continues at Webster City.  Married Mabel Farrow of Eldora in 1891, and has two sons, Richard F. and Frank G., Jr., graduates of Ames and Iowa City, both of whom volunteered and served in World War.  Representative Snyder also served in World War, going over in 1918.  He was officer in charge of the "Croix Rouge American" base warehouse at Gievres, France, with the rank of major.  Member Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Masonic order and Eastern Stare, and a Rotarian.  He is a farm owner and member of the farm bureau.  Member of Congregational church.  He was selected by Governor Herring to have charge of the Iowa exhibit at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1933.  Elected to legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A republican.

ROY J. SOURS, Charles City. - Representative from Floyd county, was born in Marble Rock, Floyd county, Iowa, August 27, 1883, the son of pioneer parents, Samuel Sours and Ann M. Rex Sours, who came to Floyd county in 1856.  Educated in public schools of Marble Rock and Charles City College.  Has been a continuous resident of Floyd county except five years spent on a homestead in Gregory county, South Dakota.  Now lives in Charles City.   Prior to 1929, engaged in farming for twenty-three years.  Married Katherine E. Danforth of Charles City, September 3, 1908, and they have two daughters:  Elva Ruth, born in 1910, and Clare Alice, born in 1912.  Elected to the forty-fourth general assembly and re-elected in 1932 to the forty-fifth.  A republican.  

JOHN SPEIDEL, Washington. - Representative from Washington county, was born on a farm near Cincinnati, Ohio, January 6, 1889.  Attended the public schools in Ohio and in Henry county, Iowa.  Graduated from the Oklahoma A. and M. College in 1910.  Was for three years a member of the faculty of Oregon State College.  Married in 1914 to Esther V. Leech of Corvallis, Oregon, who passed away in January, 1930.  He has three children, Ruth, Archer and Mark.  Since 1914, has been a farmer and live stock feeder, first in Henry county, Iowa, and since 1917 in Washington county.  Served as president of the Washington township school board.  As a Methodist and member of the church official board.  Elected to legislature in 1932.  A republican.  

MINOR R. STANSELL, Osceola. - Representative from Clarke county, was born in Clarke county, near the town of New Virginia, Iowa.  Received his early education in the New Virginia public schools.  Moved to Osceola, where he was in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company for a period of fourteen years, being district area manager at the time of his resignation in May, 1918.  In 1914 took up the study of law under the late Henry Stivers, former publisher of the Des Moines Leader.  Passed the state bar examination in October, 1917, and was elected county attorney in 1923 and re-elected in 1925, and is now in the general practice of law in Osceola.  He has been a member of the board of education for five years, the last four years of which he has served as president.  He is an active member in the various Masonic  bodies and is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. and Knights of Pythias.  Was married in 1911 to Lenora S. Wade, and they have two children, Norris and Marna.  Affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.

GEORGE C. STANZEL, Sac City. - Representative from Sac county, was born August 31, 1865, in Clinton county, Iowa.  Moved with his parents to Sac county, March 1, 1876.  Educated in the public schools.  Married Miss Carrie Fulcher, February 19, 1894, and has three children.  Was treasurer of the school board, president of the Early Farmers Telephone Company, director of the Early Farmers Elevator Company, member of the city council of Sac City, bank director and farmer.  Member of the K. P. lodge, and attends Methodist church.  Elected state representative in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A republican.  

ANDREW STEWART, Rockwell City. - Representative from Calhoun county, was born in Newton, Jasper county, Iowa, March 15, 1872.  His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stewart, were natives of Scotland; they moved to Maryland and later to Jasper county, where they resided until their death.  Andrew Stewart obtained his early education in the schools at Newton and later attended Hazel Dell Academy.  On March 1, 1907, he moved to Rockwell City, where he has since resided.  All his life he has been engaged in farming, paying special attention to the raising of shorthorn cattle and percheron horses.  He helped organize the Rockwell City county fair twenty-six years ago, and has been its president ever since.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

CARL B. STIGER, Toledo. - Representative from Tama county, was born at Toledo, Iowa, on February 21, 1883.  Graduate of Toledo public schools, Western College, and Chicago University law school.  World War veteran.  Served as mayor of Toledo, Iowa, and on city council.  Member Masonic lodge and Lions club.  Married to Mary E. Dugan in 1930.  Occupation, lawyer.  Elected to the legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

THOS. STIMPSON, Anamosa. - Representative from Jones county, was born in Cass township, Jones county, Iowa, July 30, 1893.  Received his education in the rural schools.  Married January 26, 1921, to Bertha Blassing of Cass township.  They have four children:  John, Betty, Anna and George Felix.  Engaged in farming  and stock raising.  Township clerk four years.  Chairman Jones county democratic central committee 1926-27.  President Dutch Belted Cattle Association.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

W. H. STRACHAN, Humboldt. - Representative from Humboldt county, was born in Grundy county, Iowa, in 1874.  His parents were A. W. and Amanda Strachan, who moved to Humboldt county in the year 1884 with their family.  Mr. Strachan received his education in the rural schools of Corinth township, the Humboldt high school and Ellsworth College.  Taught school for several years and has followed the vocation of farming since 1900.  Married to Marge A. Morse of Humboldt county in 1905 and they have three children, Lawrence 23, Mabel 20, and Margaret 16.  He has been secretary of the local school board since 1916 and was a member of the county board of supervisors from 1921 to 1930.  Served as president of the county farm bureau during  1930, 1931.  He is a Methodist by church affiliation, a Mason, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and a Rotarian.  Elected representative in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A republican.  

FREDERICK J. SWIFT, Maquoketa. - Representative from Jackson county, was born on March 9, 1883, the son of Fredericka and James Seift, who came to Jackson county in 1855.  He received his early education in the public schools, and graduated from Valparaiso College of Pharmacy; University of Illinois College of Medicine, and is a post-graduate of the Philadelphia polyclinic and Chicago polyclinic.  Served two years in the army during the World War, a part of which time was spent overseas with rank of Major medical corps.  Served ten years as mayor of Maquoketa.  Married in 1911 to Blanche E. Campbell, whose maternal great-grandfather, Daniel Cort, served in the sixth and tenth Iowa general assemblies.  has fur children, Regina C., Frederick J., Jr., Anna Mary, and Suzanne.  He is a lieutenant colonel of the medical reserve corps; past commander of the American Legion; thirty-second degree Mason; member O. E. S.; past president Jackson County Medical Society; member Iowa State Medical Society; and served as chairman and treasurer of the democratic county committee.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

SAM SWIFT, Dubuque. - Representative from Dubuque county, was born in Benton, Wisconsin, in 1876, and has been a resident of Dubuque county since 1898, where he has been a member and officer of many of the local orders.  His grandparents were among the earliest pioneers.  They immigrated from Ireland in 1826 and settled in Lafayette county, Wisconsin.  From 1906 to 1914 he held the office of county recorder.  Is a barber by profession and has been in the barber supply business for 20 years.  Married in 1902 to Dorothy Baule and has three children, Caroly, Alieen, and Helen.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

LORENZO D. TETER, Knoxville. - Representative from Marion county, was born on a farm in said county and educated in rural schools, Iowa Business College, Des Moines, Rochester Business University, Rochester, New York, Des Moines (Baptist) College, Drake University law school, law department State University of Iowa, and Harvard University law school.  Engaged in general practice of the law at Knoxville, and owns and operates farm lands in said county.  Served in the house of representatives during the thirtieth, thirty-first, thirty-second, thirty-second extra and forty-fifth sessions.  He was one of a committee who drafted the original primary election law; also one of a committee whose investigation and report resulted in placing the educational institutions under the state board of education.  Author of the original law requiring candidates for public office to file a detailed and sworn statement of campaign expenses.  Former city attorney of Knoxville.  Married Clella Grace Andrews.  Member Masonic lode.  A republican.  

WILLIAM THIES, Avoca. - Representative from Pottawattamie county, was born in LeClaire, Scott County, Iowa, November 18, 1860.  Came to Pottawattamie county with his parents in 1877, and followed farming.  Was married to Lena Horst, January 19, 1886, who died June 22, 1887, leaving him with an infant son, Alfred.  Moved to Avoca and was manager for an elevator company ten years.  Served a number of terms as city councilman and mayor; as a member of the board of education eleven years; three years as president; many years as a director and secretary of the Pottawattamie County Fair Association, and is a director and vice-president of the Avoca State bank.  Married to Amelia Sievers April 30, 1890, who died December 31, 1929.  Three children were born to this union; Clarence and Ada having preceded their mother in death, and Bertha, now Mrs. Robert True.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

JOHANNES H. THIESSEN, Camanche. - Representative from Clinton county, was born near Goose Lake, Clinton county, Iowa, February 6, 1870, the son of Herman and Cathrina Thiessen.  He was educated in the local schools and has been engaged in farming all his life.  He bought a farm in Camanche township in 1898, where he still resides.  He was married on February 19, 1896, to Annie Eggert and has three daughters:  Vandelena, Romona, and Adaline.  He has been director and secretary of the Camanche township schools for fourteen years and treasurer and secretary of the Low Moor Farmers Mutual Telephone Company ten years.  He is president of the Farmers Equity Shipping Association of Low Moor; a member and director of the English Lutheran church, member of the I. O. O. F., a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Eastern Star.  Elected representative in 1930 and re-elected in 1932.  A democrat.  

WM. TREIMER, Hartly. - Representative from O'Brien county, was born on February 6, 1886, in Scott county, Iowa.  Attended the district school and graduated from Brown's Business College of Davenport, in 1905.  Had six years of employment in the offices of the C., B. & Q. Railway and Standard Oil companies.  Was married in 1911 to Miss Emma H. Krebs of Durant, Iowa, and moved to O'Brien county in 1912 to engaged in farming.  He has four sons:  Wilbert, Virgil, Wayne and Donald.  Is secretary of the O'Brien County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association and director of the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association of Des Moines.  Secretary of the Hartley independent school board and member of the Masonic lodge.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

ARTHUR RAY WEED, Winterset. - Representative from Madison county, was born near Irwin, Shelby county, Iowa, November 15, 1877.  He moved with his parents to North Loup, Nebraska, in 1885, and in 1891 he with his older sister, Sibyl, went to White Water, Colorado.  In 1892 he returned to Port Union, Adair county, Iowa, and in 1895 moved to Madison county and has resided in Madison county since that time.  On November 16, 1898, he was married to Flora J. Little and they have four children:  Lonnie L., Christina Husted, Lyle A., and Edna, who died in infancy.  His education has been in the college of hard knocks.  At the age of forty-two he was admitted to the active ministry in the M. E. church and since that time has served in that capacity.  He was reared on a farm and has worked on the farm all his life, and his ministry has been among the rural people.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

FRANK E. WENIG, Spencer. - Representative from Clay county.  (Biography appears elsewhere as state labor commissioner.)  

EDWARD E. WIEBEN, Dysart. - Representative from Tama county, was born on a farm in Tama county south of Dysart, November 20th, 1882.  Attended country school until eleven years of age and afterwards attended public school at Dysart and graduated from Dysart high school.  Graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa and admitted to the practice of law in 1904.  Married December 15th, 1920, to Camilla D. Moeller of Reinbeck.  Has two children, Edward E. and Carl P.  Located in Dysart, Iowa, in 1912, and has practiced law there since that time.  Served as mayor and city attorney of Dysart.  Elected at a special election held October 2, 1933, to fill vacancy caused by appointment of representative Carl B. Stiger as district judge.  A democrat.  

LOUIS H. WIESE, Davenport. - Representative from Scott county, was born in Tipton, Cedar county, Iowa, December, 1890, and received his education in the district school and two terms in Brown's Business College, Davenport.  Served fifteen months in the World War.  He has been in the grocery business for five years and for the last four years he has been a salesman.  He was married on November 7, 1923, to Jennie Linrud of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  A member of the Elks, Masons, Mohasson Grotto, Turner Society, and Scott County Sportsman Association.  Serving first term in legislature.  A democrat.  

BLAKE WILLIS, Perry. - Representative from Dallas county, was born July 3, 1892.  He attended schools at Perry and the University of Iowa, receiving B. A. degree in 1914 and graduating from the College of Law in 1916.  Served in the World War.  He was county attorney of Dallas county four years and city attorney of Perry for seven years.  Married Isabel Dillon of Perry, Iowa, and has two children, Annabel and Ned.  Member of American Legion post at Perry and Masonic lodge.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A republican.  

ARTHUR W. WOLF, Hampton. - Representative from Franklin county, was born on a farm near Hampton, Franklin county, Iowa, on October 9, 1875.  As a boy he attended the rural school and later attended the Hampton high school and one year in business college.  On February 28, 1906, he married Allie Z. Cummings of Hampton, Iowa, and to this union two sons were born:  J. C., who died in infancy, and Arthur W., Jr., who resides near Hampton.  By occupation he was a farmer and stockman.  In 1915 he retired from the farm and moved to Hampton, where he has since made his home.  In 1919 and 1920 he served as acting postmaster under the Woodrow Wilson administration.  He  was elected on the city council in 1923 and served two terms and in 1927 was elected mayor of Hampton and served two terms.  In 1923, he became connected with the Sheffield Brick and Tile Company at Sheffield and is now president of the company.  Member of the Masonic lodge.  Serving first term in legislature.  A democrat.  

WILLIAM A. YAGER, Montgomery. - Representative from Dickinson county, was born on a farm in Audubon county, Iowa, October 6, 1888.  He moved to Dickinson county March 1, 1901, and received his education in the public schools.  He married Minnie Hartman December 18, 1912, and has one son, Duane Albert.  In 1914, he moved to Spirit Lake, Iowa, and three years later to Montgomery, Iowa, where he still lives and where he conducted a general store for nine years.  he was township clerk ten  years, township assessor four years, a worker in the Red Cross several years, and was superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school for many years.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

LLOYD W. ZIPSE, Lawler. - Representative from Chickasaw county, was born in Chickasaw county, February 6, 1890, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Zipse.  Attended rural school and for several years worked at various trades.  In 1916 to 1920 farmed in Clay and Dickinson counties, going from there to a farm at Lawler, Iowa, where he now resides.  He is a member of the farmers union.  Married to Lela A. Heaverlo of Spencer, Iowa, in 1913.  They have one son, Floyd.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.  

CHARLES J. ZYLSTRA, Hawarden. - Representative from Sioux county, was born in the Netherlands July 31, 1891, and received his education there.  In 1909 he arrived in Sioux county, where he has lived since.  His interests have been varied, including farming, creamery business, and electrical merchandising and manufacturing.  Married in 1912 to Sarah Miedema of Sioux Center and they have one son, Adelbert, and five daughters, Freida, Alvina, Pauline, Bernice, and Marion.  Serving first term in the legislature.  A democrat.