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The Des Moines River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwestern United States that is approximately 525 miles (845 km) long from its farther headwaters. The largest river flowing across the state of Iowa,it rises in southern Minnesota and flows across Iowa from northwest to southeast,passing from the glaciated plains into the unglaciated hills near the capital city of Des Moines,named after the river,in the center of the state. The river continues to flow in a southeastern direction away from Des Moines,later flowing directly into the Mississippi River.
Albert Baird Cummins was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 18th governor of Iowa,elected to three consecutive terms and U.S. Senator for Iowa,serving for 18 years. Cummins was a leader of the Progressive movement in Washington and Iowa. He fought to break up monopolies. Cummins' successes included establishing the direct primary to allow voters to select candidates instead of bosses;outlawing free railroad passes for politicians;imposing a two-cent street railway maximum fare;and abolishing corporate campaign contributions. He tried,with less success,to lower the high protective tariff in Washington.
John Hopwood Mickey was an American banker and Republican politician who served as the 13th Governor of Nebraska from 1903 to 1907.
George Allison Wilson was an American politician and lawyer. He was a United States Senator and 28th Governor of Iowa.
Lester Jesse Dickinson was a Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. He was,in the words of Time magazine,"a big,friendly,white-thatched Iowa lawyer." In early 1936,he dreamed of winning the presidency. However,the only race he would enter that year would be for his own seat in the Senate which he lost.
Paul Danny Pate Jr. is an American businessman and politician serving as the 32nd and current Secretary of State of Iowa since 2015,previously holding the office from 1995 to 1999. Pate is the Past President of the National Association of Secretaries of State. A member of the Republican Party,he also served in the Iowa Senate from 1989 to 1995 and as Mayor of Cedar Rapids from 2002 to 2006. He was an unsuccessful candidate for his party's nomination for Governor of Iowa in 1998.
Fontenelle's Post,first known as Pilcher's Post,and the site of the later city of Bellevue,was built in 1822 in the Nebraska Territory by Joshua Pilcher,then president of the Missouri Fur Company. Located on the west side of the Missouri River,it developed as one of the first European-American settlements in Nebraska. The Post served as a center for trading with local Omaha,Otoe,Missouri,and Pawnee tribes.
Alfred D. Jones was a late 19th-century lawyer,surveyor and politician in the Midwestern United States. In 1846 he platted Fort Des Moines,Iowa,and in 1854 he platted Omaha,Nebraska. He became the first settler in Omaha,as well as the first postmaster,a member of the first Omaha City Council and the first Omaha School Board,and was among the first legislators of the Nebraska Territory.
Benjamin F. Gue was an American newspaper editor,writer and politician in Iowa. He served as a member of Iowa House of Representatives (1858–1862);member of Iowa Senate (1862–1866),and as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1866–1868). He wrote the four-volume History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century.
Charles Sumner "Cy" Sherman was an American journalist and is known as the "father of the Cornhuskers" after giving the University of Nebraska football team the name "Cornhuskers" in 1899. At his suggestion in 1936,Associated Press (AP) sports editor Alan J. Gould created the first AP Poll for ranking college football teams. Sherman began his career writing at the Nebraska State Journal in Lincoln,spent a short time at the Red Lodge,Montana Pickett before returning to Lincoln and the Lincoln Star where he spent most of his career. At his death he was called by the Star the "Dean of American Sportswriters".
The 2014 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 4,2014. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Harkin did not run for reelection to a sixth term in office.
The 2014 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Iowa. Republican incumbent Terry Branstad ran for reelection to a sixth overall and second consecutive four-year term. Branstad went on to win a historic sixth term as governor by defeating Democratic challenger and State Senator Jack Hatch,and on December 14,2015,he became the longest-serving governor in American history. He won 59.1% of the popular vote to Hatch's 37.3%,and carried every county in the state except Johnson,home to Iowa City and the University of Iowa.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Iowa,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including Governor of Iowa and United States Senate. Primary elections were held on June 4,2014. As no candidate won more than 35% of the vote in the 3rd district Republican primary,that nomination was decided at a party convention on June 21.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Iowa on November 4,2014. All of Iowa's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,all four of Iowa's seats in the United States House of Representatives,25 (half) of the seats in the Iowa Senate,and all 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on June 3,2014.
Mary Jane (Whitely) Coggeshall was an American suffragist known as the "mother of woman suffrage in Iowa". She was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1990.
David John Mosher Wood was an American Indian agent and Methodist minister.
Ella Hamilton Durley was an American educator,newspaper editor,and journalist. She was also a peace activist and supported woman's suffrage. Durley did noteworthy work on the Saturday Mail,a Des Moines weekly publication,but her professional life was mainly given to the Des Moines Daily News,of which her husband,Preston B. Durley and her brother,John J. Hamilton,with herself,were the principal owners. Under the pen name of "Judith Jorgenson",she conducted a column of stories of real life,"Around the Evening Lamp",for many years,and it was considered especially creditable.
Simon Casady was a prominent banker in Iowa,best known for his role in organizing the Des Moines Bank,which later evolved into the Des Moines Savings Bank. Casady served as the president of the Des Moines Savings Bank and the Central State Bank,as well as the vice president of the Iowa National Bank and the treasurer of the Bankers Life Association. Casady has been referred to as "the dean of Iowa bankers" in news accounts. He was a member of the Casady family,an influential lineage of bankers,politicians,landowners,and farmers who played a significant role in the early history and legislative matters of Iowa.
Women's suffrage in Iowa efforts began early in Iowa's history. During the territory's Constitutional Convention,discussions on both African American and women's suffrage took place. Early on,women's rights were discussed in the state by women such as Amelia Bloomer and petitions for suffrage were sent to the Iowa state legislature. While African American men earned the right to vote in 1868,women from all backgrounds had to continue to agitate for enfranchisement. One of the first suffrage groups was formed in Dubuque in 1869. Not long after,a state suffrage convention was held in Mount Pleasant in 1870. Iowa suffragists focused on organizing and lobbying the state legislature. In 1894,women gained the right to vote on municipal bond and tax issues and also in school elections. These rights were immediately utilized by women who turned out in good numbers to vote on these issues. By the 1910s,the state legislature finally passed in successive sessions a women's suffrage amendment to the state constitution. This resulted in a voter referendum to be held on the issue on June 5,1916. The campaign included anti-suffrage agitation from liquor interests who claimed that women's suffrage would cause higher taxes. The amendment was defeated,though a subsequent investigation turned up a large amount of fraud. However,the election could not be invalidated and women had to wait to vote. On July 2,1919,Iowa became the tenth state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment.
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