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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American politician (born 1945)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979</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/John_Culver" title="John Culver">John Culver</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/Tom_Tauke" title="Tom Tauke">Tom Tauke</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa State Senate">Iowa State Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1973–1974</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_House_of_Representatives" title="Iowa House of Representatives">Iowa House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1969–1973</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"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Michael Thomas Blouin</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1945-11-07</span>) </span>November 7, 1945<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 79)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Jacksonville" title="Naval Air Station Jacksonville">Naval Air Station Jacksonville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Suzanne Blouin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Loras_College" title="Loras College">Loras College</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael Thomas Blouin</b> (born November 7, 1945) is an American politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1975 to 1979, representing <a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 2nd congressional district">Iowa's 2nd congressional district</a>. He was a candidate in <a href="/wiki/2006_Iowa_gubernatorial_election" title="2006 Iowa gubernatorial election">the 2006 race for Governor of Iowa</a> but lost in the primary to <a href="/wiki/Chet_Culver" title="Chet Culver">Chet Culver</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Blouin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blouin was born on a Naval Air Base in <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, and attended school in <a href="/wiki/Miami_Shores,_Florida" title="Miami Shores, Florida">Miami Shores, Florida</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. In 1966 he received a B.A. in <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a> from <a href="/wiki/Loras_College" title="Loras College">Loras College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dubuque" class="mw-redirect" title="Dubuque">Dubuque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>. He remained in Dubuque to teach elementary school. Two years later, he won a seat in the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_House_of_Representatives" title="Iowa House of Representatives">Iowa House of Representatives</a>, where he served from 1969 to 1973. Blouin then won election to the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate" title="Iowa Senate">Iowa Senate</a>, serving from 1973 to 1974. </p><p>In 1974 Blouin ran for the U.S. House seat in the Second District being vacated by fellow Democrat <a href="/wiki/John_C._Culver" class="mw-redirect" title="John C. Culver">John C. Culver</a>, who was running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by <a href="/wiki/Harold_Hughes" title="Harold Hughes">Harold Hughes</a>. Blouin defeated Republican <a href="/wiki/Tom_Riley_(Iowa_politician)" title="Tom Riley (Iowa politician)">Tom Riley</a>, an attorney from <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Rapids" class="mw-redirect" title="Cedar Rapids">Cedar Rapids</a>, in the general election. Blouin became one of many freshman Democrats in the <a href="/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses" title="Party divisions of United States Congresses">largest</a> Democratic majority in the House since 1965-67, providing a mathematical two-thirds majority in that chamber.<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> For the only time since 1857, <a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Iowa" title="United States congressional delegations from Iowa">Iowa's congressional delegation</a> included only one Republican. </p><p>Blouin won re-election in 1976, defeating Riley in a <a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 2nd congressional district">closer rematch</a>. Besides shifting control of the White House to the Democrats, the 1976 elections <a href="/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses" title="Party divisions of United States Congresses">expanded</a> the Democratic majority in the House by one seat. It was the <a href="/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses" title="Party divisions of United States Congresses">last time</a> the Democrats would hold a two-thirds majority. </p><p>Blouin was <a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 2nd congressional district">defeated</a> by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Tauke" title="Tom Tauke">Tom Tauke</a> in 1978, as part of a mid-term election that was the first phase of a conservative backlash, particularly in the Midwest.<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> He was appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> to be the first Director of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Information_Security_Oversight_Office" title="Information Security Oversight Office">Information Security Oversight Office</a>; he served from 1978 to 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is an ordained deacon in the Catholic Church. He founded a special ministry for those with Alzheimer's Disease, which included his now-deceased wife. Blouin was director of the Iowa Department of Economic Development<sup id="cite_ref-economist2006_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economist2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from January 2003 to July 2005, and became a candidate for the Democratic nomination for <a href="/wiki/Iowa_gubernatorial_election,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa gubernatorial election, 2006">Governor</a> in 2006. He was also a <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_commerce" title="Chamber of commerce">chamber of commerce</a> executive.<sup id="cite_ref-economist2006_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economist2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gubernatorial_bid">Gubernatorial bid</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Blouin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gubernatorial bid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blouin lost a 2006 <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a> for Iowa governor, running against a field which included <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Secretary of State">Iowa Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Chet_Culver" title="Chet Culver">Chet Culver</a> (the primary winner) and seven-term state representative <a href="/wiki/Ed_Fallon" title="Ed Fallon">Ed Fallon</a>. </p><p>Blouin had received the endorsement of more than 80% of the state's Democratic legislators and most of the state's labor unions, including the <a href="/wiki/Teamsters" class="mw-redirect" title="Teamsters">Teamsters</a> and <a href="/wiki/AFSCME" class="mw-redirect" title="AFSCME">AFSCME</a>. Blouin has an <a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-abortion">anti-abortion</a> perspective on abortion but had stated that he will not sign any legislation limiting the right to an abortion, even if <i><a href="/wiki/Roe_v._Wade" title="Roe v. Wade">Roe v. Wade</a></i> is overturned. He selected pro-choice business executive Andrea McGuire as his pick to be lieutenant governor.<sup id="cite_ref-economist2006_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economist2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The selection of McGuire was initially questioned by the media and Blouin's opponents because she was registered as a Republican as recently as 2004 and has made past contributions to Republicans including Congressman <a href="/wiki/Jim_Nussle" title="Jim Nussle">Jim Nussle</a>, the presumptive 2006 Republican nominee for governor. 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Culver">John C. Culver</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> U.S. Representative from <a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 2nd congressional district">Iowa's 2nd congressional district</a> </b><br />1975-1979 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tauke" title="Tom Tauke">Tom Tauke</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">U.S. order of precedence</a> (ceremonial) </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Mezvinsky" title="Edward Mezvinsky">Edward Mezvinsky</a></div><i><b>as Former US Representative </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" 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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 href="/wiki/Bernhard_M._Jacobsen" title="Bernhard M. Jacobsen">B. Jacobsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_S._Jacobsen" title="William S. Jacobsen">W. Jacobsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_O._Talle" title="Henry O. Talle">Talle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_G._Wolf" title="Leonard G. Wolf">L. Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Bromwell" title="James E. Bromwell">Bromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Culver" title="John Culver">Culver</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Blouin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tauke" title="Tom Tauke">Tauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nussle" title="Jim Nussle">Nussle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Leach" title="Jim Leach">Leach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Loebsack" title="Dave Loebsack">Loebsack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariannette_Miller-Meeks" title="Mariannette Miller-Meeks">Miller-Meeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Hinson" title="Ashley Hinson">Hinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 3rd congressional district">3rd</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_B._Allison" title="William B. 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. 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