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Iowa Delegation

This is one of the 50 delegations in the convention, accounting for 19 of 713 people who took part.

Members (19):

Name Visualize Details Delegations
William B. Allison Visualize (2 March, 1829 -- 4 August, 1908) Allison was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Perry, Ohio, he was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Ashland, Ohio before moving to Iowa in 1857. Allison was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses. Later, Allison was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1872; reelected in 1878, 1884, 1890, 1896, and again in 1902, and served from March 4, 1873 until his death on August 4, 1908. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation) , Iowa Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Iowa Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) , Iowa Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866)
Aylett R. Cotton Visualize (November 29, 1826 — October 30, 1912) Cotton was a teacher, lawyer, businessman, and politician. Aylett Rains Cotton was born in Austintown, Ohio in 1826. After graduating from the Cottage Hill Academy in Ellsworth, Ohio, he taught school until moving to Iowa with his father. There he continued to teach school and study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1848 and practiced law in Clinton County, Iowa. In 1849, he moved to California to mine for gold and returned to Iowa two years later. He served as county judge in Clinton County (1851-1853), member of the State constitutional convention (1857), and member of the State House of Representatives (1868-1870). Cotton was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000801] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
William G. Donnan Visualize (June 30, 1834 — December 4, 1908) Donnan was an American politician and lawyer. William Donnan was born in West Charlton, New York and moved to Iowa in 1856. He graduated from Union College, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1856. While practicing law in Independence, Iowa, he acted as treasurer and recorder of Buchanan County from 1857 to 1862. During the Cvil War, Donnan enlisted in the Union Army and attained the rank of major. Later, he served in the State Senate from 1868 to 1870. Donnan was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. After serving in Congress, he continued working in the legal profession and served in various capacities, including chairman of the Republican State central committee, delegate to the Republican National Convention, and again as member of the State Senate. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000413] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
James W. Grimes Visualize (20 October, 1816 -- 7 February, 1872) Grimes was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Deering, N.H., Grimes moved west after studying law. Grimes was a member of the Iowa territorial house of representatives 1838-1839 and 1843-1844. Grimes also served as governor of Iowa from 1854 to 1858. Grimes was then elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1859 and was reelected in 1865 and served until he resigned due to poor health. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation) , Iowa Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Iowa Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) , Iowa Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866) , Iowa Delegation (The Road to Civil War)
James Harlan Visualize (26 August, 1820 -- 5 October, 1899) Harlan was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Clark County, Ill., Harlan moved to Iowa in 1845. In 1850, Harlan was admitted to the bar and practiced in Iowa City. Harlan was elected as a Free Soiler to the United States Senate in 1855, was reelected in 1860, and served from January 29, 1857 until May 15, 1865. Harlan resigned to accept an appointment as Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Andrew Johnson from May 15, 1865 to July 27, 1866. After resigning from this position, Harlan again was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1867 to March 3, 1873. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation) , Iowa Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Iowa Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) , Iowa Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866) , Iowa Delegation (The Road to Civil War)
James B. Howell Visualize (July 4, 1816 — June 17, 1880) Howell was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer. James Bruen Howell was born in Morris County, New Jersey and moved to Ohio in 1819 with his parents. There, he attended public schools and graduated from the Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Howell studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1839. He moved to Iowa in 1841 and continued practicing law in Iowa. He also started a newspaper. Howell was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of James Grimes. He served in the Senate from January 18, 1870 to March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000864] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
John A. Kasson Visualize (11 January, 1822 -- May 18, 1910) Kasson was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vt., Kasson studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1842. Kasson practiced in St. Louis, Mo. until 1857 when he moved to Iowa. Kasson was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1867. Kasson was later elected to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses then the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation) , Iowa Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) , Iowa Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866)
William Loughridge Visualize "(July 11, 1827 -- September 26, 1889) William Loughridge was a(n) lawyer, public servant, judge, and American politician. He was born in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio and moved to Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa in 1852. William studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1849. He served on the State senate (1857 - 1860) and judge of the 6th judicial circuit of Iowa (1861 - 1867). Loughridge was elected as a Republican to the 40th, 41st, and 43rd Congresses (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871 & March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=L000451]" Iowa Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
George W. McCrary Visualize (August 29, 1835 — June 23, 1890) McCrary was a lawyer, judge, and politician. George Washington McCrary was born in Evansville, Indiana in 1835 and moved to the Iowa Territory in 1836 with his parents. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1856. McCrary served as a member in the State House of Representatives in 1857 and in the State Senate from 1861 to 1865. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877, He was appointed Secretary of War by President Hayes and served in that capacity from March 12, 1877 to December 11, 1879. He later served as a judge in the eighth judicial circuit before moving to Missouri where he died in 1890. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000379] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
James W. McDill Visualize (March 4, 1834 — February 28, 1894) McDill was a politician, judge, and lawyer. James Wilson McDill was born in Monroe, Ohio in 1834 and moved to Afton, Ohio in 1856. He graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and 1853 and began his legal career in Ohio after being admitted to the bar in 1856. He served as a county judge of Union County (1860), circuit and district judge of the third judicial circuit of Iowa, before being elected to Congress in 1872. McDill was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877. He was then elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Samuel Kirkwood, and served from March 8, 1881 to March 3, 1883. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000407] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
Jackson Orr Visualize (September 21, 1832 — March 15, 1926) Orr was a businessman, judge, and politician. Jackson Orr was born in Fayette County, Ohio in 1832 and moved to Iowa in 1856. He attended Indiana University at Bloomington before moving to Iowa. During the Civil War, Orr enlisted in the Union Army and served as a captain. After the war, he moved back to Iowa and worked in the mercantile business. He also served in the State House of Representatives in 1868. Orr was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. He served as a county judge for three years in the late 1870’s, and then moved to the real estate industry until his death in 1926. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/O000103] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
Frank W. Palmer Visualize (October 11, 1827 — December 3, 1907) Palmer was a printer, businessman, and politician. Francis Wayland Palmer was born in Manchester, Indiana in 1827 and moved to Jamestown, New York as a boy. He worked in the printing trade and became the owner of the Jamestown Journal from 1848 to 1858. During that time, he also served in the State Assembly from 1853 to 1854. In 1858, Palmer moved to Iowa and became the editor of the Dubuque Times and served as the State Printer of Iowa from 1861 to 1869. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1873. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000038] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
Charles Pomeroy Visualize (September 3, 1825 — February 11, 1891) Pomeroy was a businessman, politician, and lawyer. Charles Pomeroy was born in New Haven County, Connecticut in 1825 and moved to Iowa in 1855. In Iowa, he entered the agriculture business. Pomeroy was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000421] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
Henry O. Pratt Visualize (February 11, 1838 — May 22, 1931) Pratt was a teacher, lawyer, minister, and politician. Henry Otis Pratt was born in Foxcroft, Maine and moved to Iowa in 1862. He graduated from the law department of Harvard University and worked as a teacher. He was admitted to the bar in 1862 and prated law in Mason City, Iowa until the start of the Civil War. He served in the Union Army and returned to Mason City after being discharged in 1864. Pratt served in the State House of Representatives (1870-1872) and as the county superintendent of public schools for Floyd County (1868-1869). He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877. In 1877, Pratt retired from politics and studied for the ministry. He was ordained and worked as a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church until he retired in 1918. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000501] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
William Smyth Visualize (January 3, 1824 — September 30, 1870) Smyth was lawyer, judge, and politician. William Smith was born in Eden, Ireland and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1838. He moved to Iowa in 1844, studied law at the University of Iowa and was admitted to the bar in 1847. Smyth was appointed judge of the district court for the fourth judicial district of Iowa in 1853 and worked in that capacity until his resignation in 1857. Additionally, Smyth served as part of the commission to codify and revise the Iowa State laws. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 until his death in 1870. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000648] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
Madison M. Walden Visualize (October 6, 1836 — July 24, 1891) Walden was a businessman and politician. Madison Miner Walden was born in Brush Creek, Ohio in 1836 and moved to Iowa in 1852. He graduated from Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, in 1859. During the Civil War, Walden enlisted in the Union Army and served as captain. After the war, he served in the State House of Representatives (1866, 1867) and in the State Senate (1868, 1869). Walden was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. After serving in Congress, he worked in agriculture and coal mining until he was appointed chief clerk in the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury in 1889. He held that position until his death in 1891. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000034] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
James F. Wilson Visualize (August 16, 1835 — August 26, 1920) Wilson was a politician, businessman, and professor. James Wilson was born in Ayrshire, Scotland and immigrate to the United States in 1852 with his parents. He attended Grinnell (Iowa) College and taught school while working in agriculture. Wilson served in the State House of Representatives from 1868 to 1873. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877. Wilson presented his credentials to the Forty-Eighth Congress but was succeeded by Benjamin Frederick after Frederick successfully contested the election. He served from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000590] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
William P. Wolf Visualize (December 1, 1833 — September 19, 1896) Wolf was an American politician, judge, and lawyer. William Penn Wolf was born in Stark County, Ohio and moved to Iowa in 1856. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859. Wolf served as superintendent of public schools in Cedar County, Iowa, and as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1863 and 1864. During the Civil War, he served in the Union Army until 1865. He further served in the State Senate from 1867 to 1869. Wolf was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of William Smyth. He served in Congress from December 6, 1870 to March 3, 1871. Later he was elected a judge in the eighteenth judicial district and served in that capacity until he died in 1896. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000676] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)
George G. Wright Visualize (March 24, 1820 — January 11, 1896) Wright was a professor, lawyer, and politician. George Grover Wright was born in Bloomington, Indiana and moved to Iowa in 1840. He graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington and was admitted to the bar in 1840. After moving to Iowa, Wright practiced law and served as a member of the State Senate from 1849 to 1851. In 1854, he was appointed justice of the State Supreme Court and served until 1870. Wright helped found the College of Law and the University of Iowa and worked as a professor of law from 1865 to 1871. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate during the Forty-Second, Forty-Third, and Forty-Fourth Congresses from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1877. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000759] Iowa Delegation (This negotiation)