 bourke blakemore hickenlooper (july 21, 1896 â september 4, 1971) was a republican politician from the us state of iowa. he was lieutenant governor from 1939 to 1943 and then the 29th governor of iowa from 1943 to 1945. in 1944, he won election to the first of four terms in the united states senate. ==background== an only child of a farming couple, hickenlooper was born in blockton in taylor county in southwestern iowa. he attended iowa state university, then iowa state college in ames, but his education was interrupted by his service in the united states army during world war i. in april 1917, hickenlooper enrolled in the officers' training camp at fort snelling, minnesota. he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to france as a battalion orientation officer.biographical directory of the american congress after military service, hickenlooper early in 1919 returned to the united states. in june 1919, he received his bachelor's degree in industrial science from iowa state. he then enrolled at the university of iowa college of law, from which in 1922 he procured a law degree. he thereafter practiced law in cedar rapids. he served in the iowa house of representatives from 1934 to 1937. his grandfather had earlier served in the same body.memorial addresses and other tributes in the congress of the united states on the 
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