Answer the following question: Facts: - president: calvin coolidge herbert hoover - party: republican - predecessor: juan bernardo huyke - succeeded: hiram kinsman evans - birth date: 23 october 1855 - death date: 23 november 1937 - office: governor of puerto rico - district: 8th - term end: september 29 , 1929 april 1 , 1923 - name: horace mann towner - death place: corning , iowa - birth place: belvidere , illinois - successor: james r. beverly - state: iowa - imagesize: 200px - preceded: william darius jamieson - term start: 1923 march 4 , 1911 - image: towner , horace m. honorable.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of horace mann towner .
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horace mann towner -lrb- october 23 , 1855 -- november 23 , 1937 -rrb- served over six terms as a republican united states representative from iowa 's 8th congressional district , and six years as the appointed governor of puerto rico .in an era in which the federal government 's role in health and education was small , he was an early leader of efforts to expand that role .