Clement F. Kimball (1868-1928)

KIMBALL

Posted By: Errin Wilker
Date: 7/27/2014 at 12:06:23

Clement Field Kimball was born in Anamosa, Iowa, August 11, 1868, and died in Council Bluffs September 10, 1928. He attended public school in Anamosa until in 1886 he entered Iowa State College, Ames, where he took a mechanical engineering course, being graduated in 1889. He taught mathematics and mechanical drawing in the Chicago Manual Training School, and later taught in Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin. In 1893, he entered the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and received from it his degree in law in 1895 and the same year located in Council Bluffs and began practice. In 1899, he was appointed assistant county attorney of Pottawattamie County and served four years. In 1906, he was elected city solicitor of Council Bluffs and served six years. In 1912, he was elected senator, and was re-elected in 1916, and served in the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty- seventh, and Thirty-eighth general assemblies. In 1924, he was elected lieutenant governor, and was re-elected in 1926. In the primary election of June, 1928, he was again nominated by the Republican party for lieutenant governor, but his death occurred before election. He won success in his profession and in his later years was the senior member of the firm of Kimball, Peterson, Smith & Peterson. As a legislator, he was active and efficient, and as presiding officer of the Senate he demonstrated tact and skill. He was prominent in the affairs of the Knights of Pythias, being grand chancellor of the order in Iowa in 1913.

Source: Annals of Iowa, Third Series, Vol. XVI, No. 7, January 1929, Pg. 551.