History and Government—Congressional Biographies

Members of Congress: Iowa

Biographies of every U.S. representative and senator from Iowa



Member NameBirth-Death
AINSWORTH, Lucien Lester1831-1902
ALLISON, William Boyd1829-1908
ANDERSON, Albert Raney1837-1898
BANDSTRA, Bert Andrew1922-1995
BEDELL, Berkley Warren1921- 
BIERMANN, Frederick Elliott1884-1968
BIRDSALL, Benjamin Pixley1858-1917
BLOUIN, Michael Thomas1945- 
BOIES, William Dayton1857-1932
BOSWELL, Leonard L.1934- 
BOWMAN, Thomas1848-1917
BRALEY, Bruce1957- 
BROMWELL, James Edward1920- 
BROOKHART, Smith Wildman1869-1944
BURDICK, Theodore Weld1836-1898
BUTLER, Walter Halben1852-1931
CAMPBELL, Ed Hoyt1882-1969
CARPENTER, Cyrus Clay1829-1898
CARTER, Steven V.1915-1959
CHAPMAN, William Williams1808-1892
CLARK, Lincoln1800-1886
CLARK, Richard Clarence (Dick)1928- 
CLARK, Rush1834-1879
CLARK, Samuel Mercer1842-1900
COAD, Merwin1924- 
COLE, Cyrenus1863-1939
CONGER, Edwin Hurd1843-1907
CONNER, James Perry1851-1924
CONNOLLY, Maurice1877-1921
COOK, John Calhoun1846-1920
COOK, John Parsons1817-1872
COTTON, Aylett Rains1826-1912
COUSINS, Robert Gordon1859-1933
CULVER, John Chester1932- 
CUMMINGS, Henry Johnson Brodhead1831-1909
CUMMINS, Albert Baird1850-1926
CUNNINGHAM, Paul Harvey1890-1961
CURTIS, George Martin1844-1921
CURTIS, Samuel Ryan1805-1866
CUTTS, Marsena Edgar1833-1883
DAVIS, Timothy1794-1872
DAWSON, Albert Foster1872-1949
DEERING, Nathaniel Cobb1827-1887
DICKINSON, Lester Jesse1873-1968
DODGE, Augustus Caesar1812-1883
DODGE, Grenville Mellen1831-1916
DOLLIVER, James Isaac1894-1978
DOLLIVER, Jonathan Prentiss1858-1910
DONNAN, William G.1834-1908
DOWELL, Cassius Clay1864-1940
EICHER, Edward Clayton1878-1944
EVANS, Hiram Kinsman1863-1941
EVANS, Thomas Cooper1924-2005
FARWELL, Sewall Spaulding1834-1909
FLICK, James Patton1845-1929
FREDERICK, Benjamin Todd1834-1903
FULLER, William Elijah1846-1918
GANSKE, Greg1949- 
GEAR, John Henry1825-1900
GILCHRIST, Fred Cramer1868-1950
GILLETTE, Edward Hooker1840-1918
GILLETTE, Guy Mark1879-1973
GOOD, James William1866-1929
GOODWIN, Robert Kingman1905-1983
GRANDY, Frederick Lawrence1948- 
GRASSLEY, Charles Ernest1933- 
GREEN, William Raymond1856-1947
GREIGG, Stanley Lloyd1931-2002
GRIMES, James Wilson1816-1872
GRINNELL, Josiah Bushnell1821-1891
GROSS, Harold Royce1899-1987
GWYNNE, John Williams1889-1972
HAGER, Alva Lysander1850-1923
HALL, Augustus1814-1861
HALL, Benton Jay1835-1894
HAMILTON, Daniel Webster1861-1936
HAMILTON, John Taylor1843-1925
HANSEN, John Robert1901-1974
HARKIN, Thomas Richard (Tom)1939- 
HARLAN, James1820-1899
HARRINGTON, Vincent Francis1903-1943
HASTINGS, Serranus Clinton1813-1893
HAUGEN, Gilbert Nelson1859-1933
HAYES, Walter Ingalls1841-1901
HAYS, Edward Retilla1847-1896
HEDGE, Thomas1844-1920
HENDERSON, David Bremner1840-1906
HENN, Bernhart1817-1865
HEPBURN, William Peters1833-1916
HERRING, Clyde LaVerne1879-1945
HICKENLOOPER, Bourke Blakemore1896-1971
HOEVEN, Charles Bernard1895-1980
HOLMES, Adoniram Judson1842-1902
HOWELL, James Bruen1816-1880
HUBBARD, Asahel Wheeler1819-1879
HUBBARD, Elbert Hamilton1849-1912
HUGHES, Harold Everett1922-1996
HULL, Harry Edward1864-1938
HULL, John Albert Tiffin1841-1928
JACOBSEN, Bernhard Martin1862-1936
JACOBSEN, William Sebastian1887-1955
JAMIESON, William Darius1873-1949
JENSEN, Benton Franklin1892-1970
JEPSEN, Roger William1928- 
JONES, George Wallace1804-1896
KASSON, John Adam1822-1910
KENDALL, Nathan Edward1868-1936
KENNEDY, Charles Augustus1869-1951
KENYON, William Squire1869-1933
KERR, Daniel1836-1916
KING, Steve1949- 
KIRKPATRICK, Sanford1842-1932
KIRKWOOD, Samuel Jordan1813-1894
KOPP, William Frederick1869-1938
KYL, John Henry1919-2002
LACEY, John Fletcher1841-1913
LANE, Joseph Reed1858-1931
LATHAM, Thomas1948- 
LE COMPTE, Karl Miles1887-1972
LEACH, James Albert Smith1942- 
LEFFLER, Shepherd1811-1879
LETTS, Fred Dickinson1875-1965
LIGHTFOOT, James Ross1938- 
LOEBSACK, Dave1952- 
LOUGHRIDGE, William1827-1889
LYMAN, Joseph1840-1890
MARTIN, Thomas Ellsworth1893-1971
MAYNE, Wiley1917- 
McCOID, Moses Ayers1840-1904
McCRARY, George Washington1835-1890
McDILL, James Wilson1834-1894
McPHERSON, Smith1848-1915
MEZVINSKY, Edward Maurice1937- 
MILLER, Daniel Fry1814-1895
MILLER, Jack Richard1916-1994
MURPHY, Jeremiah Henry1835-1893
MURPHY, Richard Louis1875-1936
NAGLE, David Ray1943- 
NAREY, Harry Elsworth1885-1962
NUSSLE, James Allen1960- 
OLIVER, Samuel Addison1833-1912
ORR, Jackson1832-1926
PALMER, Francis Wayland1827-1907
PEPPER, Irvin St. Clair1876-1913
PERKINS, George Douglas1840-1914
PICKETT, Charles Edgar1866-1930
POMEROY, Charles1825-1891
PRATT, Henry Otis1838-1931
PRICE, Hiram1814-1901
PROUTY, Solomon Francis1854-1927
PUSEY, William Henry Mills1826-1900
RAMSEYER, Christian William1875-1943
RAWSON, Charles Augustus1867-1936
REED, Joseph Rea1835-1925
ROBINSON, Thomas John Bright1868-1958
RUMPLE, John Nicholas William1841-1903
SAMPSON, Ezekiel Silas1831-1892
SAPP, William Fletcher1824-1890
SCHERLE, William Joseph1923-2003
SCHMIDHAUSER, John Richard1922- 
SCHWENGEL, Frederick Delbert1906-1993
SCOTT, George Cromwell1864-1948
SEERLEY, John Joseph1852-1931
SMITH, Hiram Ypsilanti1843-1894
SMITH, Neal Edward1920- 
SMITH, Walter Inglewood1862-1922
SMYTH, William1824-1870
STECK, Daniel Frederic1881-1950
STEELE, Thomas Jefferson1853-1920
STEWART, David Wallace1887-1974
STONE, Joseph Champlin1829-1902
STRUBLE, Isaac S.1843-1913
SWANSON, Charles Edward1879-1970
SWEET, Burton Erwin1867-1957
SWENEY, Joseph Henry1845-1918
TALLE, Henry Oscar1892-1969
TAUKE, Thomas Joseph1950- 
THOMAS, Lot1843-1905
THOMPSON, William1813-1897
THOMPSON, William George1830-1911
THORINGTON, James1816-1887
THURSTON, Lloyd1880-1970
TOWNER, Horace Mann1855-1937
TUFTS, John Quincy1840-1908
UPDEGRAFF, Thomas1834-1910
UTTERBACK, Hubert1880-1942
VANDEVER, William1817-1893
VINCENT, Earl W.1886-1953
VOLLMER, Henry1867-1930
WADE, Martin Joseph1861-1931
WALDEN, Madison Miner1836-1891
WEARIN, Otha Donner1903-1990
WEAVER, James Baird1833-1912
WELLER, Luman Hamlin1833-1914
WHITE, Frederick Edward1844-1920
WILLFORD, Albert Clinton1877-1937
WILSON, George Allison1884-1953
WILSON, James1835-1920
WILSON, James Falconer1828-1895
WOLF, Leonard George1925-1970
WOLF, William Penn1833-1896
WOODS, Frank Plowman1868-1944
WRIGHT, George Grover1820-1896
YOUNG, Lafayette1848-1926

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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