Thomas Hart Benton, nicknamed "Old Bullion", was an American politician, attorney, soldier, and longtime United States Senator from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he was an architect and champion of westward expansion by the United States, a cause that became known as manifest destiny. Benton served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms. He was born in North Carolina.
James William Good was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Iowa, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover as Secretary of War. He was a member of the Republican Party.
David Henry Mercer was an American Republican Party politician.
Benton Jay "Ben" Hall was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa.
Benton Franklin Jensen served thirteen consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district in the southwestern corner of the state. While on the floor of the U.S. House on March 1, 1954, he was one of five Congressmen wounded by gunfire from a Puerto Rican Nationalists firing from a visitors' gallery.
Francis A. Chenoweth was an American lawyer and politician in the Pacific Northwest. A native of Ohio, he lived in Iowa and Wisconsin before immigrating to the Oregon Territory. There he served in the legislature of the Oregon Territory and then the Washington Territory, including serving as Speaker of the Washington House of Representatives. A Democrat, he then served on the Washington Supreme Court before returning to Oregon where he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives and was selected as Speaker of the body for one session.
Peter Hill Engle was an American lawyer, judge, and Iowa pioneer. He served as the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory after it was established, when it still contained the territory of the future states of Iowa and Minnesota. He later served as a judge of the St. Louis County, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas from 1841 until his death.
Curtis Dean "Curt" Hanson was an American politician. He was born and raised on a Kossuth County, Iowa farm near Swea City. He was also a resident of Fairfield for fifty-two years. Hanson received his B.A. from the University of Northern Iowa and his M.A. from the University of Iowa. He was a driver education teacher at Fairfield High School for forty-three years, where he received the Fairfield Jaycee Outstanding Young Education Award and was named Fairfield Teacher of the Year Award. Hanson also was president of the Iowa Association of Safety Education and a member of the National Education Society.
Darrell Roy Hanson is an American politician in the state of Iowa.
Edmund Perry Hanson was an American politician and a veteran of World War I from the state of Iowa.
The 18th District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa. It's currently composed of Cass and Montgomery Counties, as well as part of Page County.
The 24th District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa. It's currently composed of Lucas, Decatur, and Wayne Counties, as well as part of Clarke and Appanoose Counties.
The 26th District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa. It's currently composed of Monroe and Davis Counties, as well as part of Wapello and Appanoose Counties.
The 48th District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa. It's currently composed of Boone County, as well as part of Story County.
The 76th District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa. It's currently composed of part of Black Hawk, Benton, and Tama Counties.
The 82nd District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa. It's currently composed of Cedar County, as well as part of Muscatine and Scott Counties.
The 90th District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa. It's currently composed of part of Johnson County.
The 51st Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Iowa and Lafayette counties, and parts of western Dane County and eastern Grant County. It includes the cities of Cuba City, Darlington, Dodgeville, Mineral Point, and Shullsburg, and the villages of Arena, Argyle, Avoca, Barneveld, Belmont, Benton, Blanchardville, Blue Mounds, Blue River, Cobb, Gratiot, Hazel Green, Highland, Hollandale, Linden, Livingston, Montfort, Mount Horeb, Muscoda, Rewey, Ridgeway, and South Wayne. The district also contains landmarks such as Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin estate, the historic Iowa County Courthouse, Governor Dodge State Park, Blue Mound State Park, and Yellowstone Lake State Park. The district is represented by Republican Todd Novak, since January 2015.
Donald E. Hanson was an American politician and educator.
Thomas Hart Benton was an American politician.
