inent in political and judicial circles. He was elected County Attorney of Black Hawk County in 1886 and served six years in this office. In 1897 he was elected to the State Senate but resigned before the expiration of his term in order to become a candidate for the office of Attorney General on the Republican ticket. He was elected in 1900 and served two terms. He was appointed district judge by Governor Clarke in 1913. CONTRIBUTORS CYRIL B. UPHAM, Research Associate in The State Historical Society of Iowa. Author of The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Iowa and The President of the Senate in Iowa. (See THE IOWA JOURNAL OF HISTORY AND POLITICS for January, 1918, p. 152.) CARDINAL GOODWIN, Professor of American History in Mills College, California. (See THE IOWA JOURNAL OF HISTORY AND POLITICS, January, 1919, p. 131.) |