Henry Louis BOUSQUET

BOUSQUET, CARVER, CROCKETT

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Date: 9/1/2004 at 19:07:55

Clerk of the Supreme Court, was born in Amsterdam, Holland, February 14, 1840. In 1849 he emigrated with his parents to the United States and located in Pella, Iowa. He attended the public schools of Pella until 1854 when he entered Central University where he remained as a student for two years. In 1856 he became a clerk in a general store at Pella and in July, 1862, he enlisted in Company "G" of the 33rd Iowa Infantry. In December, 1864, he was transferred and promoted to First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the 4th Arkansas Cavalry. He remained with his regiment until the close of the war and was mustered out of service in July, 1865. He returned to Pella after the war and in 1868 was elected Clerk of the District Court for Marion county, which office he held for four years. From 1875 until 1884 he was assistant cashier of the Pella National Bank. After leaving the bank he engaged in the general merchandising business at Knoxville with A.B. Culver, under the firm name of Culver & Co. He remained in this business until the store was burned in 1901. In 1902 he was a candidate before the Republican state convention for Clerk of the Supreme Court, but was defeated for nomination by John C. Crockett and upon the election and qualification of Mr. Crockett he was appointed deputy clerk which position he held until Mr. Crockett resigned in January 1908, when he was appointed by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy. He was nominated at the Republican primaries in 1908 to fill the unexpired portion of the term and was elected at the general election in 1908. A Republican in politics.

Iowa Official Register 1909-1910
(Iowa History Project)