Kirkland, T. C.

KIRKLAND

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/5/2009 at 13:47:52

T. C. Kirkland

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.34, Council Bluffs)
T. C. Kirkland, County Auditor, Council Bluffs. The most severe test to which a man's standing or reputation in a community may be subjected is, perhaps, when he becomes a candidate for office. In the fall of 1881, Mr. T. C. Kirkland passed through such a test, and was elected to the office of Auditor of Pottawattamie County, on the Republican ticket, and by a majority of 627, the total vote cast for him in the county being 2,489, which was the largest vote cast for any Republican candidate. He took formal possession of the office in January, 1882. Having spent eight years in the same office as Deputy for John Bennett, he entered upon the discharge of his duties with a full knowledge of the responsibilities of the office. He was born in Jefferson County, N. Y. and when six years of age his parents moved to Sheboygan, Wis., where he received a good education, and engaged in the drug business, which he followed until he came West in 1867. From 1867 until he began as Duputy for Mr. Bennett in 1874, he was engaged in railroad business, principally contracting on the Northern Pacific & Southern Pacific Railroads. He has lost nothing in popularity since becoming an officer of the county, and, should he desire it, he will probaby be re-elected.