George H. Schulte

SCHULTE

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Date: 1/12/2016 at 15:53:37

George H. Schulte
Representative from Clayton county, was born January 21, 1866, on a farm near Garnavillo, Clayton county, Iowa, where his father, J.H. Schulte, still resides.

He is of German descent, his parents both coming to this country when mere children. His boyhood days were spent on the farm and at the age of about nineteen he began teaching in the public schools of Iowa and continued this work while he was educating himself for his profession.

During his career as a teacher he was principal of the schools of Clayton, Iowa, and Hedrick, Iowa. In 1890 he graduated from the Iowa State College with the degree of Bachelor of Science and in 1891 attended the law department of the State University of Iowa. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and is now in active practice at Elkader, Iowa.

He has always taken great interest in the affairs of his town, serving on the school board and for three successive terms as mayor. Elected Representative in 1906. A Democrat in politics.

(pg 222)
Committees:
Judiciary, Banks and Banking, Pardons, Roads and Highways, Agricultural College, Institute for Feeble-Minded, county and Township Organizations, Enrolled Bills, Municipal Corporations.

~source:
Iowa Official Register for the Years 1907-1908
22nd Number, Compiled Under the Supervision of William C. Hayward, Secretary of State, by Guy S. Brewer and John M. Jamieson; Des Moines, 1907; Biographies of State Representatives, pg 632; and 'Representatives and their Respective Committees', pg 222