Slocum, John W. (1874-1957)

SLOCUM

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Date: 1/8/2004 at 05:16:58

John W. Slocum
(1874-1957)

Pharmacy Examiner, born in Adair county, Iowa, August 23, 1874. Attended high school at Fontanelle. Graduated from a four-year collegiate course and also a business course at Simpson college, Indianola, in June, 1898. Residence, Indianola. Has been in the drug business about twenty-five years. Served as mayor of Indianola four terms. Appointed April 23, 1923, as pharmacy commissioner by Governor N.E. Kendall to succeed F.E. Farr, resigned. Reappointed by Governor Kendall in April, 1924. Elected secretary of the Iowa Pharmaceutical association in July, 1924.

-source: Iowa Official Register, 1927-1928; Biographies of State Officials.