Iowa History Project

SENATORS

JONATHAN PRENTISS DOLLIVER,

     Republican, of Fort Dodge, was born near Kingswood, Preston county, Virginia (now West Virginia), February 6, 1858; graduated in 1875 from the West Virginia University; was admitted to the bar in 1878; never held any political office until elected to the Fifty-first Congress as a Representative from the Tenth Congressional district of Iowa; was a member of the House also in the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses; August 23, 1900, was appointed United States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. J.H. Gear, and was elected January 21, 1902, to succeed himself; re-elected January 23, 1907; term expires March 4, 1913.

ALBERT BAIRD CUMMINS,

     Republican of Des Moines, Polk county, was born near Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, February 15, 1850; was educated in the public schools, preparatory academy, and was three years in Waynesburg (Pa.) College; the latter institution conferred the degree of M.A. and LL.D. upon him, and Cornell College, Iowa, that of LL. D.; is a lawyer by profession and married; was a member of the House of Representatives of the Twenty-second General Assembly of Iowa; a member of the Republican National Committee from 1896 to 1900, and Governor of Iowa from January, 1902, until elected, Nov. 24, 1908, to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate caused by the death of Hon. W.B. Allison. He was re-elected January 19, 1909, for the term beginning March 4, 1909. His term of service will expire March 4, 1915.

REPRESENTATIVES

   CHARLES A. KENNEDY,

     Of Montrose, Lee county, Representative from the First District, composed of the counties of Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren and Washington, was born in Montrose, Lee county, March 24, 1869; finishing the high school course he formed a partnership, which still exists, with his brother in the nursery business. At the age of twenty-one he was elected mayor of Montrose and served four terms; served as a member of the House in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first General Assemblies, being the first Republican from Lee county in twenty-two years; was elected to the Sixtieth Congress from the First District November 6, 1906, and re-elected November 3, 1908.
     Republican in politics.

ALBERT FOSTER DAWSON,

     Of Preston, Jackson county, Representative from the Second District, composed of the counties of Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Muscatine, and Scott, was born at Spragueville, Iowa, January 26, 1872; was educated in the common schools of Iowa, supplemented by one year at the University of Wisconsin; engaged in newspaper work at Preston and Clinton; served several years in the organization of Congress; was elected to the Fifty-ninth Congress November 8, 1904; re-elected November 6, 1906, and re-elected November 3, 1908.
     Republican in politics.

CHARLES EDGAR PICKETT,

     Of Waterloo, Black Hawk county, Representative from the Third District, composed of the counties of Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Delaware, Dubuque, Franklin, Hardin and Wright, was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, January 14, 1866; graduated from collegiate department of the State University of Iowa in 1888 and from the law department in 1890, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession; was a regent of the State University of Iowa from 1896 to 1909; elected to the Sixty-first Congress November 3, 1908.
     Republican in politics.

GILBERT N. HAUGEN,

     Of Northwood, Worth county, Representative from the Fourth District, composed of the counties of Allamakee, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, and Worth, was born April 21, 1859, in Rock county, Wisconsin; since the age of fourteen, and prior to his election to Congress, he was actively engaged in various enterprises, principally real estate and banking; was treasurer of Worth county, Iowa, for six years; sixth General Assemblies; was elected to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses.
     Republican in politics.

JAMES WILLIAM GOOD,

     Of Cedar Rapids, Linn county, Representative from the Fifth District, composed of the counties of Benton, Cedar, Grundy, Jones, Linn, Marshall and Tama, was born September 24, 1866, near that place; graduated from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, in 1892, receiving the degree of bachelor of science; also graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1893, receiving the degree of bachelor of laws; is a lawyer by profession; has never before held any office of a public nature except that of City Attorney for the city of Cedar Rapids from April, 1906 to April, 1908; was elected to the Sixty-first Congress November 3, 1908.
     Republican in politics.

NATHAN E. KENDALL,

     Of Albia, Monroe county, Representative from the Sixth District, composed of the counties of Davis, Jasper, Keokuk, Mahaska, Monroe, Poweshiek, and Wapello, was born at Greenville, Lucas county, Iowa, March 17, 1868; has no education except that acquired in the rural schools of that county; was married April 20, 1896, to Miss Belle Wooden of Centerville, Iowa; is a lawyer by profession; served two terms (1893-1897) as County Attorney of Monroe county, Iowa, and five terms (1899-1909) as Representative from Monroe county in the General Assembly of Iowa, the last term as speaker of the House; was elected to the Sixty-first Congress November 3, 1908.
     Republican in politics.

JOHN ALBERT TIFFIN HULL,

     Of Des Moines, Representative from the Seventh District, composed of the counties of Dallas, Madison, Marion, Polk, Story and Warren, was born at Sabina, Clinton county, Ohio, May 1, 1841; removed with his parents to Iowa in 1849; was educated in public schools, Ashbury (Ind.) University, and Iowa Wesleyan College, at Mount Pleasant; was graduated from the Cincinnati (Ohio) Law School in the spring of 1862; enlisted in the Twenty-third Iowa Infantry July, 1862; was first lieutenant and captain; was wounded in the charge on intrenchments at Black River May 17, 1863; resigned on account of wounds, October, 1863; was elected Secretary of State in 1878 and re-elected in 1880 and 1882; was elected Lieutenant-Governor in 1885 and re-elected in 1880 and 1882; was elected Lieutenant-Governor in 1885 and re-elected in 1887; is engaged in farming and banking; was elected to the fifty-second, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses.
     Republican in politics.

WILLIAM D. JAMIESON,

     Of Shenandoah, Representative from the Eighth District, composed of the counties of Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont, Lucas, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Union and Wayne, was born of American parentage on his father's farm near Wapello, Louisa county, Iowa, November 9, 1873. When five years of age his parents moved to Wapello, where his father assumed the position of principal of the city schools; when nine years old he went into his father's printing office and with the exception of the years spent in school and college, and as a traveling salesman, has been actively engaged in newspaper work ever since. Received his education in the common schools and the State University. When nineteen years of age he became editor of The Ida Grove Pioneer, and while at Ida Grove was chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee for one year; later assumed control and management of The Gazette at Columbus Junction. In 1902 moved to Shenandoah, where he assumed control and management of The Shenandoah World, which paper he now owns and edits, together with the Democrat at Hamburg, in Fremont county, which he purchased in 1906. In November, 1902, was married to Miss Nettie Vass of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Elected State Senator in 1906. Elected to the Sixty-first Congress November 3, 1908. Resigned as State Senator March 3, 1909.
     Democrat in politics.

WALTER INGLEWOOD SMITH,

     Of Council Bluffs, Potawattamie county, Representative from the Ninth district, composed of the counties of Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie and Shelby, was born at Council Bluffs, July 10, 1862; received a common school education, and studied law in November, 1890, and re-elected in 1894 and in 1898, and was elected in November, 1900, to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. Smith McPherson; was elected to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses.
     Republican in politics.

FRANK P. WOODS,

     Of Estherville, Emmet county, Representative from the Tenth District, composed of the counties of Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmet, Greene, Hamilton, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster and Winnebago, was born at Walworth county, Wisconsin, December 11, 1868, where he attended the public schools, afterwards finishing his education at the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso; in 1877 moved to Iowa; in 1906 and 1907 was chairman of the Republican State Central Committee; was elected to the Sixty-first Congress November 3, 1908.
     Republican in politics.

ELBERT HAMILTON HUBBARD,

     Of Sioux City, Representative from the Eleventh District, composed of the counties of Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceloa, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux and Woodbury, was born at Rushville, Indiana, August 19, 1849, the son of Hon. Asahel W. Hubbard, who was a member of Congress from the Fourth District of Iowa, 1862-1869; graduated from Yale College in the class of 1872, and is a lawyer; married Eleanor Hermance Cobb June 6, 1882, and has four children, E.H., Charlotte, Lyle and Eleanor; served as a member of the house of Representatives, Nineteenth General Assembly of Iowa, and of the Senate in the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth General Assemblies; was elected to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses.
     Republican in politics.