Thomas D. Healy

HEALY

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Date: 3/3/2004 at 12:20:17

THOMAS D. HEALY was born in Lansing, Iowa, May 25, 1865, and secured a good education in Notre Dame University, Indiana, and the Law Department of the Iowa State University. He removed to Fort Dodge where he engaged in the practice of law, and was for five years city solicitor. He was an active
Republican and served on the committee on resolutions in the Republican State Convention of 1893. In 1895 he was elected to the State Senate for the district composed of the counties of Calhoun and Webster, serving by reelection in the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eight and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies. He was the most influential advocate and founder of the system of placing the public institutions of the State under the management of a non-partisan Board of Control. He had gathered facts and statistics
relating to the working of this system in other States which were powerful factors in overcoming the opposition to that policy and greatly aided in the enactment of the law. After the system had been adopted Mr. Healy was
influential in securing the appointment of men of the highest character and qualifications for members of the board.

- source: History of Iowa; by B. F. Gue, Vol 3; The Century History Company, 41 Lafayette Place, New York City; Copyright 1903
- transcribed by Debbie Gerischer