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Jacobsen</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bernhard_M._Jacobsen_(Iowa_Congressman).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Bernhard_M._Jacobsen_%28Iowa_Congressman%29.jpg/220px-Bernhard_M._Jacobsen_%28Iowa_Congressman%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Bernhard_M._Jacobsen_%28Iowa_Congressman%29.jpg/330px-Bernhard_M._Jacobsen_%28Iowa_Congressman%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Bernhard_M._Jacobsen_%28Iowa_Congressman%29.jpg/440px-Bernhard_M._Jacobsen_%28Iowa_Congressman%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="516" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Frontispiece of 1937's <i>Bernhard Martin Jacobsen, Late a Representative from Iowa</i>.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1931 – June 30, 1936</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/F._Dickinson_Letts" title="F. Dickinson Letts">F. Dickinson Letts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_S._Jacobsen" title="William S. Jacobsen">William S. Jacobsen</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1862-03-26</span>)</span>March 26, 1862<br /><a href="/wiki/T%C3%B8nder" title="Tønder">Tønder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schleswig" class="mw-redirect" title="Schleswig">Slesvig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 30, 1936<span style="display:none">(1936-06-30)</span> (aged 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester, Minnesota</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data">Democratic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bernhard Martin Jacobsen</b> (March 26, 1862 – June 30, 1936) was a Democratic <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a> who served nearly three full terms during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>. He was the father of <a href="/wiki/William_S._Jacobsen" title="William S. Jacobsen">William S. Jacobsen</a>, who succeeded him in Congress following his death. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/T%C3%B8nder" title="Tønder">Tønder</a>, (which was then a part of the Danish fief <a href="/wiki/Schleswig" class="mw-redirect" title="Schleswig">Schleswig</a>, but is now in <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> proper), Jacobsen attended the public schools. He immigrated in 1876 to the United States with his parents, who settled in <a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Iowa" title="Clinton, Iowa">Clinton, Iowa</a>. He learned to speak English while serving as a helper in a Clinton <a href="/wiki/Sawmill" title="Sawmill">sawmill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was employed as a clerk in a <a href="/wiki/Dry_goods" title="Dry goods">dry goods</a> store until 1886, when he engaged in the mercantile business. He served as <a href="/wiki/Postmaster" title="Postmaster">postmaster</a> of Clinton 1914–1923. He retired from the mercantile business in 1927 and engaged in the industrial finance business. </p><p>In 1930, Jacobsen was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> to represent <a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 2nd congressional district">Iowa's 2nd congressional district</a>, unseating incumbent Republican Congressman <a href="/wiki/F._Dickinson_Letts" title="F. Dickinson Letts">F. Dickinson Letts</a>. He was the first Democrat elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa since 1916. Jacobsen's defeat of Letts was particularly embarrassing for President Hoover, as the district included the President's home in West Branch, Cedar County. In the next two elections (in which Iowa Democrats established, then retained, a clear majority of U.S. House seats), Jacobsen won by large margins. </p><p>On June 1, 1936, Jacobsen won the Democratic <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a> for a fourth term, this time to the <a href="/wiki/75th_United_States_Congress" title="75th United States Congress">Seventy-fifth</a> Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he died on June 30, 1936, in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester, Minnesota</a>, after ten days of hospitalization.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A special nominating convention selected his son, <a href="/wiki/William_S._Jacobsen" title="William S. Jacobsen">William S. Jacobsen</a>, to fill his place on the ballot. His son then held the seat in the general election, defeating <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Penningroth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Penningroth (page does not exist)">Charles Penningroth</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa" title="Cedar Rapids, Iowa">Cedar Rapids</a>. </p><p>He was interred in Springdale Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Iowa" title="Clinton, Iowa">Clinton, Iowa</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bernhard_M._Jacobsen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_members_who_died_in_office_(1900%E2%80%9349)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)">List of United States Congress members who died in 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Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_F._Miller" title="Daniel F. Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernhart_Henn" title="Bernhart Henn">Henn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Hall" title="Augustus Hall">A. Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ryan_Curtis" title="Samuel Ryan Curtis">S. Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_F._Wilson" title="James F. Wilson">J. F. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._McCrary" title="George W. McCrary">McCrary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Champlin_Stone" title="Joseph Champlin Stone">Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_A._McCoid" title="Moses A. McCoid">McCoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_Jay_Hall" title="Benton Jay Hall">B. Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Gear" title="John H. Gear">Gear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Joseph_Seerley" class="mw-redirect" title="John Joseph Seerley">Seerley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Gear" title="John H. Gear">Gear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_M._Clark" title="Samuel M. Clark">S. Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hedge" title="Thomas Hedge">Hedge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Kennedy" title="Charles A. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_F._Kopp" title="William F. Kopp">Kopp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Eicher" title="Edward C. Eicher">Eicher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Martin" title="Thomas E. Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Schwengel" title="Fred Schwengel">Schwengel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Schmidhauser" title="John R. Schmidhauser">Schmidhauser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Schwengel" title="Fred Schwengel">Schwengel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Mezvinsky" title="Edward Mezvinsky">Mezvinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Leach" title="Jim Leach">Leach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nussle" title="Jim Nussle">Nussle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Braley" title="Bruce Braley">Braley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Blum" title="Rod Blum">Blum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abby_Finkenauer" title="Abby Finkenauer">Finkenauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Hinson" title="Ashley Hinson">Hinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariannette_Miller-Meeks" title="Mariannette Miller-Meeks">Miller-Meeks</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="13" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/100px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/150px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/200px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="714" data-file-height="477" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd_Leffler" title="Shepherd Leffler">Leffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Clark" title="Lincoln Clark">L. Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Parsons_Cook" title="John Parsons Cook">J. P. Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Thorington" title="James Thorington">Thorington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Davis_(Iowa_politician)" title="Timothy Davis (Iowa politician)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Vandever" title="William Vandever">Vandever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Price" title="Hiram Price">Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smyth_(congressman)" title="William Smyth (congressman)">Smyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Wolf" title="William P. Wolf">W. Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aylett_R._Cotton" title="Aylett R. Cotton">Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Q._Tufts" title="John Q. Tufts">Tufts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Price" title="Hiram Price">Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewall_S._Farwell" title="Sewall S. Farwell">Farwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Henry_Murphy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremiah Henry Murphy">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_I._Hayes" title="Walter I. Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_M._Curtis_(Iowa_politician)" title="George M. Curtis (Iowa politician)">G. Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Lane" title="Joseph R. Lane">Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_N._W._Rumple" title="John N. W. Rumple">Rumple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Joseph_Wade" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Joseph Wade">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_F._Dawson" title="Albert F. Dawson">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irvin_S._Pepper" title="Irvin S. Pepper">Pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Vollmer" title="Henry Vollmer">Vollmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_E._Hull" title="Harry E. Hull">Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Dickinson_Letts" title="F. Dickinson Letts">Letts</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. 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Allison">Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_G._Donnan" title="William G. Donnan">Donnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucien_Lester_Ainsworth" title="Lucien Lester Ainsworth">Ainsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Weld_Burdick" title="Theodore Weld Burdick">Burdick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Updegraff" title="Thomas Updegraff">Updegraff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Henderson" title="David B. Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_P._Birdsall" title="Benjamin P. Birdsall">Birdsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Pickett" title="Charles E. Pickett">Pickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Connolly" title="Maurice Connolly">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_E._Sweet" title="Burton E. Sweet">Sweet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._B._Robinson" title="Thomas J. B. Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_C._Willford" title="Albert C. Willford">Willford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Gwynne" title="John W. Gwynne">Gwynne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._R._Gross" title="H. R. Gross">Gross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Grassley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Cooper_Evans" title="T. Cooper Evans">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_R._Nagle" title="David R. Nagle">Nagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross_Lightfoot" title="Jim Ross Lightfoot">Lightfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Boswell" title="Leonard Boswell">Boswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Latham_(politician)" title="Tom Latham (politician)">Latham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Young_(Iowa_politician)" title="David Young (Iowa politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cindy_Axne" title="Cindy Axne">Axne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Nunn" title="Zach Nunn">Nunn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 4th congressional district">4th</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Bushnell_Grinnell" class="mw-redirect" title="Josiah Bushnell Grinnell">Grinnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Loughridge" title="William Loughridge">Loughridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_Miner_Walden" title="Madison Miner Walden">Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Otis_Pratt" title="Henry Otis Pratt">Pratt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Cobb_Deering" title="Nathaniel Cobb Deering">Deering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luman_Hamlin_Weller" title="Luman Hamlin Weller">Weller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Fuller" title="William E. Fuller">Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Sweney" title="Joseph Henry Sweney">Sweney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Halben_Butler" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Halben Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Updegraff" title="Thomas Updegraff">Updegraff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_N._Haugen" title="Gilbert N. Haugen">Haugen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Biermann" title="Fred Biermann">Biermann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_O._Talle" title="Henry O. Talle">Talle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_M._LeCompte" title="Karl M. LeCompte">LeCompte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_V._Carter" title="Steven V. Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Kyl" title="John Henry Kyl">Kyl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bandstra" title="Bert Bandstra">Bandstra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Kyl" title="John Henry Kyl">Kyl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Smith_(politician)" title="Neal Smith (politician)">N. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Ganske" title="Greg Ganske">Ganske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Latham_(politician)" title="Tom Latham (politician)">Latham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_King" title="Steve King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Feenstra" title="Randy Feenstra">Feenstra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 5th congressional district">5th</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Kasson" title="John A. Kasson">Kasson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenville_M._Dodge" title="Grenville M. Dodge">G. Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_W._Palmer" title="Francis W. Palmer">Palmer </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(Secretary_of_Agriculture)" title="James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture)">J. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_Clark" title="Rush Clark">R. Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_George_Thompson" title="William George Thompson">W. G. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(Secretary_of_Agriculture)" title="James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture)">J. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_T._Frederick" title="Benjamin T. Frederick">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Kerr_(politician)" title="Daniel Kerr (politician)">Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_Hamilton" title="John Taylor Hamilton">J. Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_G._Cousins" title="Robert G. Cousins">Cousins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_William_Good" class="mw-redirect" title="James William Good">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrenus_Cole" title="Cyrenus Cole">Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Thurston" title="Lloyd Thurston">Thurston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_M._LeCompte" title="Karl M. LeCompte">LeCompte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Cunningham_(politician)" title="Paul Cunningham (politician)">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Smith_(politician)" title="Neal Smith (politician)">N. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Scherle" title="William J. Scherle">Scherle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Harkin" title="Tom Harkin">Harkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross_Lightfoot" title="Jim Ross Lightfoot">Lightfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Grandy" title="Fred Grandy">Grandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Latham_(politician)" title="Tom Latham (politician)">Latham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_King" title="Steve King">King</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 6th congressional district">6th</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asahel_W._Hubbard" title="Asahel W. Hubbard">A. Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Pomeroy" title="Charles Pomeroy">Pomeroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Orr" title="Jackson Orr">Orr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Loughridge" title="William Loughridge">Loughridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_S._Sampson" title="Ezekiel S. Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_B._Weaver" title="James B. Weaver">Weaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsena_E._Cutts" title="Marsena E. Cutts">Cutts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Cook" title="John C. Cook">J. C. Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsena_E._Cutts" title="Marsena E. Cutts">Cutts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Cook" title="John C. Cook">J. C. Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_B._Weaver" title="James B. Weaver">Weaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Lacey" title="John F. Lacey">Lacey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Edward_White" title="Frederick Edward White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Lacey" title="John F. Lacey">Lacey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_W._Hamilton_(politician)" title="Daniel W. Hamilton (politician)">D. Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_E._Kendall" title="Nathan E. Kendall">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford_Kirkpatrick" title="Sanford Kirkpatrick">Kirkpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._William_Ramseyer" title="C. William Ramseyer">Ramseyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassius_C._Dowell" title="Cassius C. Dowell">Dowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Utterback" title="Hubert Utterback">Utterback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassius_C._Dowell" title="Cassius C. Dowell">Dowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Goodwin" title="Robert K. Goodwin">Goodwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Cunningham_(politician)" title="Paul Cunningham (politician)">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_C._Gilchrist" title="Fred C. Gilchrist">Gilchrist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_I._Dolliver" title="James I. Dolliver">J. I. Dolliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merwin_Coad" title="Merwin Coad">Coad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Hoeven" title="Charles B. Hoeven">Hoeven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_L._Greigg" title="Stanley L. Greigg">Greigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiley_Mayne" title="Wiley Mayne">Mayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkley_Bedell" title="Berkley Bedell">Bedell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Grandy" title="Fred Grandy">Grandy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 7th congressional district">7th</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Kasson" title="John A. Kasson">Kasson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_J._B._Cummings" title="Henry J. B. Cummings">Cummings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_H._Gillette" title="Edward H. Gillette">E. Gillette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Kasson" title="John A. Kasson">Kasson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Y._Smith" title="Hiram Y. Smith">H. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_H._Conger" title="Edwin H. Conger">Conger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Hays" title="Edward R. Hays">Hays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._T._Hull" title="John A. T. Hull">Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_F._Prouty" title="Solomon F. Prouty">Prouty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassius_C._Dowell" title="Cassius C. Dowell">Dowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otha_Wearin" title="Otha Wearin">Wearin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_F._Jensen" title="Ben F. Jensen">Jensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Hansen" title="John R. Hansen">Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Scherle" title="William J. Scherle">Scherle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 8th congressional district">8th</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_W._McDill" title="James W. McDill">McDill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fletcher_Sapp" title="William Fletcher Sapp">Sapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Peters_Hepburn" class="mw-redirect" title="William Peters Hepburn">Hepburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_R._Anderson" title="Albert R. Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Patton_Flick" class="mw-redirect" title="James Patton Flick">Flick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Peters_Hepburn" class="mw-redirect" title="William Peters Hepburn">Hepburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Darius_Jamieson" title="William Darius Jamieson">Jamieson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Mann_Towner" class="mw-redirect" title="Horace Mann Towner">Towner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Kinsman_Evans" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiram Kinsman Evans">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Thurston" title="Lloyd Thurston">Thurston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_C._Gilchrist" title="Fred C. Gilchrist">Gilchrist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Hoeven" title="Charles B. Hoeven">Hoeven</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 9th congressional district">9th</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Orr" title="Jackson Orr">Orr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Addison_Oliver" title="S. Addison Oliver">Oliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_C._Carpenter" title="Cyrus C. Carpenter">Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Mills_Pusey" class="mw-redirect" title="William Henry Mills Pusey">Pusey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lyman" title="Joseph Lyman">Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Rea_Reed" title="Joseph Rea Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bowman_(Iowa_politician)" title="Thomas Bowman (Iowa politician)">Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alva_L._Hager" title="Alva L. Hager">Hager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_McPherson" title="Smith McPherson">McPherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_I._Smith" title="Walter I. Smith">W. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._Green" title="William R. Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_W._Vincent" title="Earl W. Vincent">Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Swanson" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Edward Swanson">Swanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Gillette" title="Guy Gillette">G. Gillette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_F._Harrington" title="Vincent F. Harrington">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_E._Narey" title="Harry E. Narey">Narey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 10th congressional district">10th</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoniram_J._Holmes" title="Adoniram J. Holmes">Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_P._Dolliver" title="Jonathan P. Dolliver">J. P. Dolliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Perry_Conner" class="mw-redirect" title="James Perry Conner">Conner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_P._Woods" title="Frank P. Woods">Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._J._Dickinson" title="L. J. Dickinson">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_C._Gilchrist" title="Fred C. Gilchrist">Gilchrist</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 11th congressional district">11th</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_S._Struble" title="Isaac S. Struble">Struble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_D._Perkins" title="George D. Perkins">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lot_Thomas" title="Lot Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_H._Hubbard" title="Elbert H. Hubbard">E. Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cromwell_Scott" title="George Cromwell Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Steele" title="Thomas J. Steele">Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cromwell_Scott" title="George Cromwell Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_D._Boies" title="William D. Boies">Boies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_H._Campbell" title="Ed H. Campbell">Campbell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="IowaAL !"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Iowa's at-large congressional district">AL</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Serranus_Clinton_Hastings" title="Serranus Clinton Hastings">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd_Leffler" title="Shepherd Leffler">Leffler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Territory" title="Iowa Territory">Terr</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Chapman" title="William W. Chapman">Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_C._Dodge" title="Augustus C. Dodge">A. 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Brookhart">S. Brookhart</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lester_J._Dickinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lester J. Dickinson">L. Dickinson</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Iowa" title="List of United States representatives from Iowa">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_N._Haugen" title="Gilbert N. Haugen">G. Haugen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cassius_C._Dowell" title="Cassius C. Dowell">C. Dowell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Christian_William_Ramseyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian William Ramseyer">C. Ramseyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_F._Kopp" title="William F. Kopp">W. Kopp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cyrenus_Cole" title="Cyrenus Cole">C. Cole</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._B._Robinson" title="Thomas J. B. Robinson">T. Robinson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Thurston" title="Lloyd Thurston">L. Thurston</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_H._Campbell" title="Ed H. Campbell">E. Campbell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Swanson" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Edward Swanson">C. Swanson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_C._Gilchrist" title="Fred C. Gilchrist">F. Gilchrist</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Jacobsen</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/73rd_United_States_Congress" title="73rd United States Congress">73rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Iowa" title="List of United States senators from Iowa">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lester_J._Dickinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lester J. Dickinson">L. Dickinson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Murphy" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard L. 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Gilchrist">F. Gilchrist</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Jacobsen</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_Biermann" title="Fred Biermann">F. Biermann</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Eicher" title="Edward C. 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Dickinson">L. Dickinson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Murphy" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard L. Murphy"><i>R. Murphy</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Guy_Gillette" title="Guy Gillette"><i>G. Gillette</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Iowa" title="List of United States representatives from Iowa">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Thurston" title="Lloyd Thurston">L. Thurston</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_C._Gilchrist" title="Fred C. 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