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Anna B. Lawther--Was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and is the daughter of William Lawther and Annie Elizabeth (Bell) Lawther. Her grandparents were among the earliest settlers of the state. She received her early education in the public schools of Dubuque. Miss Lawther was prepared for college at Miss Stevens' school, Germantown, Pa., and received her bachelor of arts degree from Bryn Mawr college in 1897. The year following her graduation she became assistant burser of Bryn Mawr college. From 1904 to 1905 she was the Warden of Merion Hall, Bryn Mawr college, and from 1907 to 1912 she was the secretary of Bryn Mawr college. After resigning her position at her alma mater Miss Lawther returned to Dubuque where she became interested in local activities. During the campaign for equal suffrage in the spring of 1916, Miss Lawther was the chairman of the Dubuque County Equal Suffrage league and in the autumn of the same year was elected president of the Iowa Equal Suffrage association and was twice re-elected to that position. She was a member of the state council of defense during the war. When presidential suffrage was granted to the women of Iowa by the thirty-eighth general assembly, Miss Lawther was made the democratic national committeewoman for Iowa and was sent as a delegate to the democratic national convention at San Francisco in 1920. She is at present the democratic national committeewoman for Iowa. She is one of the two women appointed by Governor Kendall to serve on the state board of education. (page 257) J. H. Strief--Member of the board of control of state institutions, was born in Galena, Ill., August 21, 1865. His parents located at Dubuque, Iowa, in 1866, a few years later moving to Chicago, Ill., and residing in the latter city until 1876; in August of that year again taking up residence in Iowa, at LeMars, Plymouth county, where he learned the printer's trade and conducted a weekly newspaper. Also published a weekly newspaper at Kingsley, Iowa, established the Times during the pioneer days of that town. In the years since 1876 he has been a continuous resident of Iowa. he later located in Sioux City and for years was connected with the daily newspapers of that city. He was president of the Iowa State Federation of labor from 1913 to 1917. He married Miss Helena Bastian, of LeMars, and has two sons, Harry J., and William B. A., republican in politics. Legal residence, Sioux City, Iowa. B. J. Horchem--Senator from Dubuque county, the thirty-fifth district, is principal of the Audubon school at Dubuque. He was born December 4, 1866, the son of John and Henrietta (Plaster) Horchem. His father, a Union soldier, died shortly after the war. In 1884 he was graduated from the Dyersville schools (of which he was afterwards principal); in 1892, from the normal school at Valparaiso, Ind.; and from the business college at Cedar Rapids. He has subsequently pursued special courses of sociology and psychology in Columbia university and the University of Chicago. He was three times elected superintendent of the Dubuque county schools. His great achievement has been the development of the ideals of boys' problems and "social center" activities. He is connected with numerous societies of an educational, sociological and scientific character. He is especially interested in all that pertains to education, health and general "uplift." He was elected representative in 1914, was re-elected in 1916, and elected senator in 1918 and 1922. T. J. O'Donnell--Representative from Dubuque county, was born in Lafayette county, Wisconsin, May 13, 1872. He lived on a farm until 1890. Graduated from Bayliss Business college of Dubuque in 1891, then worked in the machine shops of Dubuque until 1905, when he engaged in the wholesale liquor business until January 1, 1916. On July 23, 1917, he was appointed a member of the district exemption board for the northern district of Iowa. Married Miss Winifred Kennedy, August 16, 1899, and has four children, Thomas,Marguerite,Mildred and Robert Emmett. Elected representative in 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922 and 1924. A democrat in politics. (page 289) John Ryder--Junior member of the house of representatives from Dubuque county, was born and reared in Dubuque, Iowa. He was educated in the parochial schools. He graduated from the Bayliss Business college. For twenty-five years he was the junior member of the Ryder Brothers' wholesale grocery firm. In 1919, he organized the Ryder Realty Co., and served as vice president until January, 1925, when he retired from the firm. For the past twelve years he has served as State Chief Ranger of the Catholic Order of Foresters of Iowa. In March, 1925, he was elected member of the board of education of the city of Dubuque, and was appointed chairman of the finance committee. He is, and has been for a number of years a director of the Hotel Julien Dubuque. He was married in November, 1917, to Miss Anna L. Killeen, who died in May, 1923. He was elected to the general assembly, November, 1924. A democrat in politics. Thomas H. Benton, Jr.--State Superintendent of Public Instruction April 3, 1848 - 1854 Marcus C. Woodruff--State Railroad Commissioner, August 27, 1878 - 1882 William H. Thrift--Adjutant-General, February 1, 1905 - 1909 Harrison Holt and Andrew Keesecker--State Printers, February 4, 1851 (declined) William H. Merritt--State Printer, April 12, 1851 - 1853 Dennis A. Mahoney and Joseph B. Dorr--State Printers, May 16, 1853 - 1855 Francis W. Palmer--State Printer, January 25, 1860 - 1869 Charles Falkenhainer--Pharmacy Commissioner, April 16, 1917 - B. W. Blanchard--State Inspector of Oils, April 3, 1884 - 1888 James J. Dunn--State Inspector of Oils, April 1, 1890 - 1894 Clifford D. Ham--Secretary to Governor Boies, 1890 - 1892
District Attorneys Under the Constitution of 1857--Ninth District Winslow T. Barker--Dubuque; elected October 12, 1858 H. B. Fouke--Dubuque; elected October 8, 1878 James H. Shields--Dubuque; elected November 7, 1882
Judges of Supreme Court of Iowa Thomas S. Wilson--1847- George Greene--Nov. 1, 1847 - 1855 Austin Adams--October 12, 1875 - 1887; Chief Justice 1880 - 1881 and 1886 - 1887
Judges of Iowa Circuit Courts--1869 - 1887 (Office of Circuit Judge abolished in 1886)
Frederick E. Bissell--Iowa Attorney General, January 12, 1866 - 1867 Alexander D. Anderson--Clerk of the Supreme Court, 1848 - 1853 William Vandever--Clerk of the Supreme Court, 1855 - 1856 George Greene--Reporter of the Supreme Court, 1847 - 1855
Judges of District Court--1847 ë 1925
Members of the Iowa General Assembly from 1846 to 1926 from Dubuque County
George W. Jones--United States Senator--1848 - 1859--Democrat, born April 12, 1804 Lincoln Clark--United States Representative, Democrat, 32nd Congress--1851 - 1853, Lawyer Timothy Davis--United States Representative, American, 35th Congress--1857 - 1859, Lawyer William Vandever--United States Representative, Republican, 36th Congress--1859 - 1861, Lawyer William Vandever--United States Representative, Republican, 37th Congress--1861 - 1863, Lawyer William B. Allison--United States Representative, Republican, 38th Congress--1863 - 1865, Lawyer William B. Allison--United States Representative, Republican, 39th Congress--1865 - 1867, Lawyer William B. Allison--United States Representative, Republican, 40th Congress--1867 - 1869, Lawyer William B. Allison--United States Representative, Republican, 41st Congress--1869 - 1871, Lawyer David B. Henderson--United States Representative, Republican, 48th Congress--1883 - 1885, Lawyer David B. Henderson--United States Representative, Republican, 49th Congress--1885 - 1887, Lawyer David B. Henderson--United States Representative, Republican, 50th Congress--1887 - 1889, Lawyer David B. Henderson--United States Representative, Republican, 51st Congress--1889 - 1891, Lawyer David B. Henderson--United States Representative, Republican, 52nd Congress--1891 - 1893, Lawyer David B. Henderson--United States Representative, Republican, 53rd Congress--1893 - 1895, Lawyer David B. Henderson--United States Representative, Republican, 54th Congress--1895 - 1897, Lawyer David B. Henderson--United States Representative, Republican, 55th Congress--1897 - 1899, Lawyer David B. Henderson--United States Representative, Republican, 56th Congress--1899 - 1901, Lawyer David B. Henderson--United States Representative, Republican, 57th Congress--1901 - 1903, Lawyer Benjamin P. Birdsall--United States Representative, Republican, 58th Congress--1903 - 1905, Lawyer Benjamin P. Birdsall--United States Representative, Republican, 59th Congress--1905 - 1907, Lawyer Maurice Connolly--United States Representative, Democrat, 63rd Congress--1913 - 1915, Manufacturer
Dubuque County Offices 1925 - 1926 Auditor--P. J. Kies, Democrat Clerk of Court--M. J. Grace, Democrat Treasurer--C. E. Mullin, Democrat Recorder--R. P. Marshall, Democrat Sheriff--F. J. Kennedy, Democrat Supt. of Schools--Joseph Flynn, Democrat County Engineer--Grover A. Blunt, Republican Coroner--E. F. Strueber, Democrat County Attorney--A. J. Kane, Democrat Supervisors--Chmn.--A. H. Pillard, Democrat Supervisor--C. W. Datisman, Republican Supervisor--J. R. O'Brien, Democrat
Colleges of the State in Dubuque Columbia College--Dubuque Columbia College was established in 1873. It is controlled by a board of regents and the Most Reverend Archbishop of Dubuque. It is incorporated under the state laws of Iowa and is empowered to grant the usual academic degrees. The Very Reverend Thomas Conry is president. A full four year course leading to the bachelor of arts degree is maintained. Summer sessions are held in connection with the regular work of the year. Graduates, 1924-45 University of Dubuque--Dubuque Established in 1852; connected with the Presbyterian church; business corporation with twenty-four directors; corporation conducts and controls the University High School, College of Liberal Arts, and Dubuque Theological Seminary. Rev. Karl Frederick Wettstone, D. D., President; Rev. Cornelius Martin Steffens, A.M., D. D., President Emeritus. The college of liberal arts offers standard four-year courses. It grants the degree of A. B. The degree of Ph.B. is granted on a combined course in college and seminary. It also has a four-year high school course in the University High School and a theological course in the seminary. High school students, 34; college students, 176; seminary students, 15. High school graduates in 1924, 12; college graduates, 30; seminary graduates, 1. Income from permanent funds for the year 1923024, $34,492.17; from other sources, $144,749.53. Faculty
Rev. Karl Frederick Wettstone, D. D., President
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