Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-21
SEVEN SENATORS
CAME FROM IOWA
NINE MEMBERS OF HOUSE HAVE
ALSO BEEN RESIDENTS
or STATE.
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FROM ALL SECTIONS
Little Known Facts About legIsla-
tors Show That Large Numbers
Received Early Training IN
Iowa Methods.
FROM ALL SECTIONS

washington, D. c.. Sept. 19.-Seven
United States senators and nine other
members or the sixty-second congress,
aside from members Of the Iowa dele
cation have in one way or another
been Identified with the state Of Iowa
in the course of their careers.
The senators are Kern Of Indiana,
Reed of Missouri, Brown Of Nebraska,
Gronna OF North Dakota, Burton OF
Ohio, Crawford Of South Dakota and
Clark Of Wyoming. The members OF
the house include Young Of Kansas,
Stevens of Minnesota, Helgesen OF
North Dakota, Martin of South Dakota,
Mondell Of Wyoming. and Mcclure,
Lobeck, Sloan and Latta OF Nebraska,
Mr.. Latta, it should be added, has
Just succumbed to an operation and
was buried at Tekamah, Neb., In the
course OF the past week.
Senator Kern, though he does not
1t in his biography, lived for
about ten years in Iowa and has
wide acquaintance in the state.
Reed from Linn.
Senator Reed Is quite as much or an
Iowa as q MissOurian. He lived IN
Linn county from 1864 to 1887, from
the time he was three years old to
the age Of 26. He was educated IN
the Cedar Rapids public school ana
Coe college and was admitted to the
bar In 1885 at Cedar Rapids. Sena-
tor Reed, who is democrat, moved
to Kansas City from Cedar Rapids
and became prominent in politics as
mayor of Kansas City.
Cono%or Marine provyr q q native or
Maquoketa, jackson county, gradu-
ate of the Iowa state university ana
was admitted to practice law in Iowa
In 1888 He left Iowa at the age OF
Is and settled in Kearney. Neb., where
he rose rapidly to political promi-
hence.
Senator Gronna OF North Dakota
was born at Elkader, Clayton county.
Ia, in 1858, but removed to Minnesota
when child and thence to the Dako-
tas. I. He has many friends in Iowa,
in the northeastern part OF
The state.
Senator Burton of Ohio. one Of the
ablest members Of the senate, was Q.
student at Iowa college at Grinnell.
Senator Crawford OF. South Dakota,
was born on farm near Volney,
Allamakee county, Ia, January IA,
1858. He was educated in the common
ana graded schools and by private
tutor and graduated in law from the
state university. He located for the
practice of law at Independence, and
! year later went to what was then
Dakota territory.
Senator Clark OF Wyoming was edu-
lated at the, Iowa state university,
vas admitted to the bar in Iowa and
aught school and practiced law In
Delaware county up to 1881, when he
to Wyoming. !.
Representative Young OF Kansas
vas born on q farm near Pleasant
lille, Marion county, Ia, and at six
years. with his fathers family, set
led on farm in Adams county. He
vas educated there in the common
Ind high schools, taught school for
number Of years and then took UP q
in Kansas.
Representative Stevens OF Minneso-
a is a graduate of the law school OF
he state university.
Graduate OF Ames.
Representative Mcguire Of Nebraska
9 graduate Of the Iowa state col
eye at Ames.
Representative Lobeck of the Om-
ha district, at the age Ct II COM
nenced work as salesman In a general
tore at Dayton, Ia. From 1875 to 1892
70 was a commercial traveller in west
IN Iowa and in Nebraska, selling dry
,oods the first four years and hard
ware later.
Representative Latta, who just died,
vas born in Ohio, in 1874, but two
ears later his parents moved to east
I'm Iowa, on farm, being among the
arliest pioneers. There he grew to
manhood, working on the farm in the.
ummer and going to district school
4 winter. In 1863 he walked across
owa and located in Nebraska. He
1arr1ed Miss Lfbbie Jonas Of Jackson
cunty.
Representative Sloan of Nebraska
vas born at Monticello, is q graduate
t the Iowa state college at Ames and
larried Miss Emma M. Porter OF
voodbine.
Representative Helgesen OF North
Dakota was born near DEBORAH, edu-
ated there, operated large general
tore there and married Miss Bessie
I. Nelson OF DEBORAH.
panrooorfot3.,a Martin of South ia. |