The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) by its charter member schools:the University of Kansas,University of Missouri,University of Nebraska,and Washington University in St. Louis. Additionally,the University of Iowa was an original member of the MVIAA,while maintaining joint membership in the Western Conference.
James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War,and later as a two-term U.S. Senator from Iowa. He was a pioneer in the advancement of federal protection for civil rights.
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. is an American politician,clergyman,and athlete. Watts was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican,representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District.
Leslie Cornelius Arends was a Republican politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1935 until 1974.
William David Ford was a U.S. Representative from Michigan and namesake of the Federal Direct Student Loan Program. Ford was known for his support of workers and educational opportunity. Among his significant legislative accomplishments were authoring the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Middle Income Student Assistance Act,and his key role in passing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. In 1994,the Federal Direct Student Loan Program was named in his honor.
Alan Dupree Wheat is an American politician from the state of Missouri.
Stephen Ira Cohen is an American attorney and politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman.
Frank W. Ballou Senior High School is a public school located in Washington,D.C.,United States. Ballou is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools. The principal is Dr. Willie Jackson.
James Albert Smith Leach is an American academic and former politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013 and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa (1977–2007).
William Anthony "Bill" Dotzler Jr. is the Iowa State Senator from the 31st District. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003 and is currently an assistant majority leader.
David Jacoby is the Iowa State Representative from the 74th District. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2003,when he was elected in a special election following the resignation of Dick Myers.
Helen Miller is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2019.
Matt W. Windschitl is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 17th District and Majority Leader of the Iowa House.
Ako Abdul-Samad is the Iowa State Representative from the 35th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007. Previously,he was a member of the Des Moines school board. Abdul-Samad was born,raised,and resides in Des Moines.
Dennis M. Cohoon is the Iowa State Representative from the 87th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 1987.
Harry Edward Hull was an American businessman and politician who served five terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1925. He also served as Commissioner General of Immigration in the Coolidge and Hoover administrations.
Henry Oscar Talle was an economics professor and a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa. He served in the United States Congress for twenty years from 1939 until 1959.
Marti Anderson is an American politician. A Democrat,she has served in as the representative from the 36th District in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2013.
Richard B. Magruder was a rancher,lawyer,and Oregon state legislator. He attended college and then law school at Willamette University. After graduation,he practiced law and operated a ranch in Clatskanie in Columbia County,Oregon. He served four terms in the Oregon House of Representatives,from 1971 until his death in 1978. During the 1977 legislative session,he came within one vote of being elected speaker of the House of Representatives.
Percy Willis Watson is an American politician. He is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 103rd District,being first elected in 1980. He is a member of the Democratic party.
