George S. Hartman

HARTMAN, CLOTHIER

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Date: 12/29/2003 at 07:33:02

GEORGE S. HARTMAN
Senator from the forthieth district, composed of Allamakee and Fayette counties, was born November 13, 1871, in Sharon, Wis., and moved to Iowa in the fall of 1877, locating at Fayette. He received his education in the public schools of Fayette. In 1892 he entered the mercantile business at Fayette with his father and brother under the firm name of M.J. Hartman & Sons, which continued until the death of his father in 1915. The sons still continue the business under the firm name of Hartman Brothers. Senator Hartman has served on the city council and as chairman of Fayette county republican central committee and is director and vice president of the First National bank of Fayette. He was married to Miss Gertrude Clothier, of Rockford, Ill., in July 1907, who died in February, 1920. He has two sons. Is a member of the Modern Woodmen, Elks and Yeomen. He was elected senator in 1920 and re-elected in 1924. A republican in politics.

Iowa Official Register 1927-1928 - Biographies of State Senators, pg 231