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Iowa Senators Shaped by Boom to Brookhart Story
W. R. Boyd reviews Iowa’s 98 years in the U S Senate, noting figures from Dodge and Jones to Allison, Cummins, Brookhart, Grimes and Kenyon. He highlights term lengths, key battles, impeachments, party shifts, and the enduring legacy of Iowa’s congressional leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Boyd
Iowa
Uni States Senate
Bourke B. Hicken
Armstrongs
Fulton Lewis
The
Gazette
Senate
James Harlan
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Smith W. Brookhart
Allison
Dolliver
Murphy
McDill
Young
Rawson
Stewart
Howell
Democratic Party
Augustus C. Dodge
Burlington
George W. Jones
Dubuque
Territory
Jones
John Carl Parish
Senator Jones
Lord Chesterfield
Dodge
Land Office
Missouri
Congress
Daniel F. Steck
Ottumwa
Brookhart
Senator Harlan
Lincoln
White House
Lee
Harlan
Johnson
L. J. Dickinson
John H. Gear
Clyde Herring
George A. Wilson
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
William B. Allison
A. B. Cummins
William
Ikon
Jona Dolliver
James W. Grimes
United States
Andrew Johnson
James G. Blaine
Maine
House of Representatives
William Pitt Fessenden
Fessenden
Grimes
Senator Allison
George Frisby Hoar
Massachusetts
Washington
Senator Hoar
Alison
Senator Grimes
Capitol
Des Moines
W. O. Finkbine
Boyd
Mr. Finkbine
George G. Wright
Ison
Albert
Cummins
Warren Garst
Interstate Commerce Committee
Mr. Esch
House
Daniel W. Steck
James F. Wilson
Senator Wilson
Fairfield
Grant
Wilson
State Historical Building
William S. Kenyon
Fort Dodge
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Kenyon