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03 Nov 2018

Buren Robinson Sherman

BUREN R. SHERMAN, Iowa's twelfth governor, was born in Phelps, New York on May 28, 1836. His education was attained in the public school system of New York. Sherman worked…

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03 Nov 2018

William Larrabee

WILLIAM LARRABEE, Iowa's thirteenth governor, was born in Ledyard, Connecticut on January 20, 1832. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of his native state. In 1853,…

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03 Nov 2018

Horace Boies

HORACE BOIES, Iowa's fourteenth governor, was born in Aurora, New York on December 7, 1827. His early education was limited and attained in New York's public school system. However, four…

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03 Nov 2018

Frank Darr Jackson

FRANK D. JACKSON, Iowa's fifteenth governor, was born in Arcade, New York on January 26, 1854. After attending Iowa Agricultural College, Jackson studied law at Iowa University Law School, was…

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03 Nov 2018

Francis Marion Drake

FRANCIS M. DRAKE, Iowa's sixteenth governor, was born in Rushville, Illinois on December 30, 1830. In 1837, his family moved to Fort Madison, Iowa, where Drake was educated in the…

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03 Nov 2018

Leslie Mortier Shaw

LESLIE M. SHAW, Iowa's seventeenth governor, was born in Morristown, Vermont on November 2, 1848. He attended the People's Academy in Morristown, graduated from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa…

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03 Nov 2018

Albert Baird Cummins

ALBERT BAIRD CUMMINS, Iowa's eighteenth governor, was born near Carmichaels, Pennsylvania on February 15, 1850. He graduated from Waynesburg College in 1869, studied law in Chicago, was admitted to the…

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03 Nov 2018

Warren Garst

WARREN GARST, Iowa's nineteenth governor, was born in Dayton, Ohio on December 4, 1850. He moved to Iowa, and settled in Coon Rapids, where he and his brother owned and…

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03 Nov 2018

George Washington Clarke

GEORGE WASHINGTON CLARKE, Iowa's twenty-first governor, was born in Shelby County, Indiana on October 24, 1852. After graduating from Oskaloosa College in 1877, Clarke earned his law degree from the…

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02 Nov 2018

William Lloyd Harding

WILLIAM LLOYD HARDING, Iowa's twenty-second governor, was born in Sibley, Iowa on October 3, 1877. From 1897 to 1901, he attended Morningside College, and then went on to earn his…

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02 Nov 2018

Nathan Edward Kendall

NATHAN EDWARD KENDALL, Iowa's twenty-third governor, was born in Greenville, Iowa on March 17, 1868. His early education was limited and attained in rural schools, however, he later went on…

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02 Nov 2018

John Hammill

JOHN HAMMILL, Iowa's twenty-fourth governor, was born in Linden, Wisconsin on October 14, 1875. In 1897, he earned his law degree from the University of Iowa. He established his legal…

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