1 10 43 https://www.iowaheritage.org/files/original/b41cd98e52bfbc335c7bc1e1a4c13c3b.jpg 35f34ef44ed838eb5cc17b0eb8302cf1 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 172 Height 224 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Governors of Iowa Description An account of the resource Contributors: Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa Out of 42 governors from the state of Iowa, two have served twice, both with a twelve year hiatus between the two terms. Governor Samuel Kirkwood served from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877. Governor Terry Branstad served from 1983-1999 and was re-elected to a term beginning in 2011. Images and biographies of all Iowa's governors beginning with the first territorial governor in 1838 are included here. There are also links to the Executive Orders of the governors. Pictured here is Governor Ansell Briggs who served from 1846-1850. He was the first Iowa governor to serve following the terms of three Iowa Territory governors. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa The State Historical Society of Iowa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Executive Orders Executive Orders issued by Iowa governors. http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/collections/law-library/govexecorders/execordbranstad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2011- Terry Branstad Subject The topic of the resource Iowa Governors Description An account of the resource Terry E. Branstad, a Republican from Lake Mills, Iowa, was first elected as Iowa's 39th Governor and the youngest in the nation. He served from 1983-1999 the first time. He was born in Winnebago County on November 17, 1946, the son of Rita And Edward Branstad of Forest City. He grew up on the family's century farm near Leland in Winnebago County and graduated from Forest City High School in 1965. He received his B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of Iowa in 1969. Following two years in the U.S. Army, where he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal, Branstad earned his J.D. degree from the Drake University Law School. Governor Branstad and his wife Christine have three grown children, Eric, Allison, and Marcus. In 1997, he chaired the Education Commission of the States, the Republican Governors Association, and the Governors' Ethanol Coalition. He also served as Chair of the National Governors Association during 19891990. Persevering amid the economic recession and farming crisis of the mid-1980's, Iowa became the first state to link every school district in a broadband network. After leaving office, he founded Branstad and Associates, L.L.C. He also was a partner in the firm of Kaufman, Pattee, Branstad & Miller, as well as a financial advisor for Robert W. Baird and Co., Inc. of Iowa's Henry Tippie Business College. In August 2003, Branstad accepted the offer of Des Moines University to become its president. Branstad was appointed by President George W. Bush to chair the President's Commission for Excellence in Special Education. The commission was charged with developing a plan to improve the educational performance of students with disabilities. After completing his work with the commission in 2003, Branstad was asked to serve as a member of the National Advisory Council for Positive Action for Teen Health, or PATH. The advisory council encourages action toward detecting adolescent mental illness. In April 2003 Branstad was named to serve as a public member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which comprises both professional and public members who address such issues as student recruitment and professional ethics for CPAs. He served as President of Des Moines University from 2003 to 2009. In November of 2010, he was re-elected as Governor, defeating one term Governor Chet Culver. 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Width 4913 Height 6138 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Governors of Iowa Description An account of the resource Contributors: Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa Out of 42 governors from the state of Iowa, two have served twice, both with a twelve year hiatus between the two terms. Governor Samuel Kirkwood served from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877. Governor Terry Branstad served from 1983-1999 and was re-elected to a term beginning in 2011. Images and biographies of all Iowa's governors beginning with the first territorial governor in 1838 are included here. There are also links to the Executive Orders of the governors. Pictured here is Governor Ansell Briggs who served from 1846-1850. He was the first Iowa governor to serve following the terms of three Iowa Territory governors. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa The State Historical Society of Iowa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1846-1850, Ansel Briggs Subject The topic of the resource Iowa Governors Description An account of the resource Ansel Briggs was the first Iowa Governor. He was born in Vermont on February 3, 1806. His education was attained in the common schools of Vermont and at the Norwich Academy in Connecticut. After moving to Ohio and then Iowa, Briggs established successful careers as a mail carrier and stagecoach driver. He entered politics in 1842, serving as a member of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives, a position he held until 1846. He also served one term as sheriff of Jackson County. In 1846, Briggs won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, and subsequently was elected governor of Iowa. During his tenure, the formation of the state government was initiated, a state school system was organized, and the Missouri-Iowa boundary dispute was resolved in 1848. When his term ended on December 4, 1850, Briggs retired from public service and returned to his various business interests. He later was instrumental in the development and the founding of Florence, Nebraska. Governor Ansel Briggs died in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 5, 1881. He was buried in Omaha, and was later re-interred at the Andrew Cemetery in Andrew, Iowa. 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Title A name given to the resource Governors of Iowa Description An account of the resource Contributors: Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa Out of 42 governors from the state of Iowa, two have served twice, both with a twelve year hiatus between the two terms. Governor Samuel Kirkwood served from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877. Governor Terry Branstad served from 1983-1999 and was re-elected to a term beginning in 2011. Images and biographies of all Iowa's governors beginning with the first territorial governor in 1838 are included here. There are also links to the Executive Orders of the governors. Pictured here is Governor Ansell Briggs who served from 1846-1850. He was the first Iowa governor to serve following the terms of three Iowa Territory governors. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa The State Historical Society of Iowa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Executive Orders Executive Orders issued by Iowa governors. http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/law-library/govexecorders/execordbeardsley Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1949-1953, William S. Beardsley Subject The topic of the resource Iowa Governors Description An account of the resource New Virginia, Iowa Republican William S. Beardsley, son of William and Carrie Shane Beardsley, was born in Beacon, Iowa on May 13, 1901. He attended public school at Birmingham, Iowa and graduated from Birmingham High School and the Bowen Institute of Pharmacy and Chemistry at Brunswick, Missouri. In 1919 he married Charlotte E. Manning of Birmingham and they had three sons and two daughters. In 1922 he established a drug store in New Virginia, Iowa and purchased a 900 acre farm. He served as senator from Clarke and Warren Counties from 1932 to 1940 where he became the majority leader in 1936. In 1947 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Warren County. Beardsley was elected governor in 1948, re-elected in 1950 and in 1952, being the third man in 107 years of statehood to succeed himself to a third term. He was elected by the largest vote ever given a candidate for office of governor in Iowa. He was a member of the Methodist Church, the Masonic Bodies of the International Order of the Odd fellows and the American Academy of Political Science. 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Title A name given to the resource Governors of Iowa Description An account of the resource Contributors: Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa Out of 42 governors from the state of Iowa, two have served twice, both with a twelve year hiatus between the two terms. Governor Samuel Kirkwood served from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877. Governor Terry Branstad served from 1983-1999 and was re-elected to a term beginning in 2011. Images and biographies of all Iowa's governors beginning with the first territorial governor in 1838 are included here. There are also links to the Executive Orders of the governors. Pictured here is Governor Ansell Briggs who served from 1846-1850. He was the first Iowa governor to serve following the terms of three Iowa Territory governors. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa The State Historical Society of Iowa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1868-1872, Samuel Merrill Subject The topic of the resource Iowa Governors Description An account of the resource Samuel Merrill, Iowa's seventh governor, was born on August 7, 1822 in Turner, Maine. He was the son of a New England farmer, Abel Merrill, and his wife, Abigail. After receiving a limited education in the local country schools, he taught briefly in the slave state of Maryland before returning to New Hampshire to engage initially in farming and subsequently in merchandising with his older brother, Jeremiah. A committed Whig and churchgoing Protestant, he was a strong supporter of prohibition and an equally vigorous opponent of the expansion of slavery. He spent one term in the legislature at Concord in 1854-1855 before migrating west to the Mississippi River town of McGregor, Iowa. There he quickly established himself as a highly capable merchant and banker, prominent civic leader, and committed Republican. He was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1859 and, after the outbreak of the Civil War, assisted Governor Samuel Kirkwood's efforts to lend Iowa's support to the Union cause in the face of serious economic constraints. At six feet tall, the bearded, square-jawed Yankee cut an imposing figure, and in 1862 he was elected colonel of the 21st Iowa Infantry. He led his men effectively in Grant's campaign to release the Confederates' grip on the Mississippi River, but on May 17, 1863, he was seriously wounded at the Battle of Black River Bridge on the road to Vicksburg. Although he later tried to return to soldiering, his wounds were too serious to allow for further campaigning, and he was mustered out of the army in 1864. Merrill's impressive record as a demonstrably civic-minded legislator and patriotic army officer gave him significant political capital in postwar Iowa. In 1867 the state's Republican Party nominated him for governor ahead of the outspoken radical Congressman Josiah B. Grinnell (who had not fought for the Union). Merrill easily won the general election on a platform that pledged support for congressional Reconstruction, local economic development, and the enfranchisement of Iowa's small population of African Americans. He proved to be a capable governor during his two terms in office (1868-1872). He labored hard to boost the state's material prosperity by fostering railroad construction and immigration, but also acknowledged the growth of antimonopoly concerns among farmer (particularly in the eastern counties) by publicly opposing discriminatory freight rates and passenger fares. Merrill's Whig roots made him a strong friend of the state's embryonic public institutions, notably the school system, which he bolstered personally by demanding the sale of school lands at proper market prices. However, he urged the adoption of modern business methods by those institutions to reduce the possibilities of corruption and to promote more efficient and economical delivery of services. In spite of his reputation as a pragmatic, moderate Republican, he was not averse to taking actions that reflected his Protestant upbringing. For example, he prohibited flogging in the state penitentiary and urged that a Sunday school should be located in the same building. Merrill, moreover, did not hesitate to use his war record to solidify the loyalty of Iowa's veterans to the ruling Republican Party. In the summer of 1868 he hosted a large gathering of bluecoats in Des Moines, many of them hard-bitten veterans of Sherman's western army deeply concerned that any resurgence of the Democratic Party would undermine the fruits of Northern victory. Merrill secured a majority of nearly 40, 000 votes when he stood for reelection in 1870, a crushing victory that was built in part on the votes cast by his former comrades in arms. After stepping down as governor at the beginning of 1872, Merrill returned to his business interests, serving as president of the Citizens National Bank of Des Moines and the Iowa Loan and Trust Company. Toward the end of his life, he moved to California. There he married for a third time (having survived his first and second wives) and engaged in large real estate and banking projects. In 1897 he was injured in a streetcar accident in Los Angeles and never recovered. He died August 31, 1899 at age 77 and was buried in Des Moines. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Library of Iowa and State Historical Society of Iowa Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Biographical Dictionary Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. 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Title A name given to the resource Governors of Iowa Description An account of the resource Contributors: Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa Out of 42 governors from the state of Iowa, two have served twice, both with a twelve year hiatus between the two terms. Governor Samuel Kirkwood served from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877. Governor Terry Branstad served from 1983-1999 and was re-elected to a term beginning in 2011. Images and biographies of all Iowa's governors beginning with the first territorial governor in 1838 are included here. There are also links to the Executive Orders of the governors. Pictured here is Governor Ansell Briggs who served from 1846-1850. He was the first Iowa governor to serve following the terms of three Iowa Territory governors. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa The State Historical Society of Iowa Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Executive Orders Executive Orders issued by Iowa governors. http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/law-library/govexecorders/execordvilsack Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1999-2007, Thomas ""Tom"" Vilsack Subject The topic of the resource Iowa Governors Description An account of the resource Thomas ""Tom"" Vilsack was born in 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was raised by his adoptive parents, Bud and Dolly Vilsack. He recieved a Bachelor's degree from Hamilton College in New York and a law degree from Albany Law School. Vilsack married Ann Christine ""Christie"" Bell in 1968 in her hometown of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. They have two sons, Jess and Doug. In their early married life Vilsack worked in his father-in-law's law practice in Mount Pleasant. Tom Vilsack was elected mayor of Mount Pleasant, Iowa in 1987, following the murder of mayor Ed King by a disgruntled citizen. He was elected to the Iowa State Senate in 1992 by a relatively slim margin. In 1998, Terry Branstad chose not to seek re-election following sixteen consecutive years as governor of Iowa. Vilsack narrowly won the general election making it the first time in 30 years that a Democrat was elected governor of Iowa. He was was re-elected in 2002, but chose not to run for a third term. Vilsack is a former member of the National Governors Association Executive Committee. He was chair of the Democratic Governors Association in 2004. He was also chair of the Governors Biotechnology Partnership, the Governors Ethanol Coalition, and the Midwest Governors Conference, and has also been chair and vice chair of the National Governors Association's Committee on Natural Resources, where he worked to develop the NGA's farm and energy policies. 1n 2009 the U.S. Senate confirmed Vilsack's nomination for the postion of Secretary of Agriculture by President Barack Obama, a post for which he continues to serve (2010). Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Library of Iowa and State Historical Society of Iowa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wikipedia, Iowa Official Register. 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Title A name given to the resource Governors of Iowa Description An account of the resource Contributors: Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa Out of 42 governors from the state of Iowa, two have served twice, both with a twelve year hiatus between the two terms. Governor Samuel Kirkwood served from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877. Governor Terry Branstad served from 1983-1999 and was re-elected to a term beginning in 2011. Images and biographies of all Iowa's governors beginning with the first territorial governor in 1838 are included here. There are also links to the Executive Orders of the governors. Pictured here is Governor Ansell Briggs who served from 1846-1850. He was the first Iowa governor to serve following the terms of three Iowa Territory governors. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa The State Historical Society of Iowa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1955-1957, Leo A. Hoegh Subject The topic of the resource Iowa Governors Description An account of the resource Leo A. Hoegh, a republican from Chariton, Iowa, was born in Audubon County, Iowa on March 30th, 1908. He received his early education in the public schools of Elkhorn, Iowa and attended the University of Iowa, receiving a B.A. degree in 1929 and a J.D. degree in 1932. Hoegh entered the practice of law in Chariton, Iowa in 1933. Iin 1936 he was married to Mary Louise Foster and they had two daughters, Kristin and Janis. He was the state representative of Lucas County, Iowa from 1937 to 1942 and he was a member of the Methodist Church, the Knights of Pythias, the Rotary Club, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Elks Club, Delta Theta Phi, and was the past national secretary of Pi Kappa Alpha and the past president of the Chariton Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce and was also the Commander of the Chariton American Legion Post. Hoegh served four years in US Army during WWII attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was appointed Attorney General by Governor William S. Beardsley on February 9, 1953 to fill the unexpired term of Robert L. Larson. Leo A. Hoegh was inaugurated as Governor of Iowa on January 13, 1955. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Library of Iowa and State Historical Society of Iowa Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Official Register. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955; 1956; 1957; Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa. www.iowahistory.org/libraries/services-and-fees/copyright-notice.html https://www.iowaheritage.org/files/original/10f0f01922f6fa1db0f45c3110d7952a.jpg b4fc16e06a4b5ade149db0cf36a28319 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 1077 Height 1246 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Governors of Iowa Description An account of the resource Contributors: Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa Out of 42 governors from the state of Iowa, two have served twice, both with a twelve year hiatus between the two terms. Governor Samuel Kirkwood served from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877. Governor Terry Branstad served from 1983-1999 and was re-elected to a term beginning in 2011. Images and biographies of all Iowa's governors beginning with the first territorial governor in 1838 are included here. There are also links to the Executive Orders of the governors. Pictured here is Governor Ansell Briggs who served from 1846-1850. He was the first Iowa governor to serve following the terms of three Iowa Territory governors. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa The State Historical Society of Iowa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1838-1840, Robert Lucas Subject The topic of the resource Iowa Governors Description An account of the resource Robert Lucas, 1st governor of the Iowa Territory, was born April 1, 1781 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, the son of William and Susannah (Barnes) Lucas. He was educated in mathematics and surveying by private tutor. Around 1800 Robert Lucas settled with his family in what in south-central Ohio and began working as a surveyor. He joined the Ohio militia in 1803 and the U.S. Army in 1812, eventually attaining the ranks of major general in the militia and lieutenant colonel in the army. During the War of 1812, he served in campaigns under Generals William Hull and William Henry Harrison. In 1810 Lucas married Elizabeth Brown. They had one daughter, Minerva, before Elizabeth died of tuberculosis in 1812. In 1816 Lucas married Friendly Sumner. He and Friendly had seven children, five of whom survived into adulthood. Lucas began his political career as an Ohio Democrat. Between 1808 and 1832 he was elected twice to the Ohio House and seven times to the Ohio Senate. He was elected governor of Ohio in 1832 and again in 1834. In 1832 he presided over the first Democratic National Convention in Baltimore. When an act of Congress created the Iowa Territory in 1838, Lucas saw an opportunity to influence the formation of a territory and eventually, he hoped, a state. In July 1838 President Martin Van Buren appointed him as Iowa Territorial Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Lucas's vision for the territory included establishing a system of free public schools, building territorial roads, and organizing a well-equipped militia to ""defend ourselves against any Indian force that could be brought against us.""He chose books for a territorial library and asked the legislature to hire a librarian and provide for additions to the library. He entreated the legislature to establish a strict criminal code, including laws against intemperance and gambling, vices he termed ""the fountains from which almost every other crime proceeds."" Although there was ongoing strife between Lucas and the legislature over spending and his use of executive power, the assembly did pass laws that realized part of Lucas's vision. Lucas also asked the legislature to appoint commissioners to determine a permanent site for a capital (what would become Iowa City was chosen in 1839) and suggested that they bring the matter of statehood to the people, which they did. The populace voted against the measure. Lucas also had to contend with a conflict with Missouri over Iowa's southern boundary. The dispute, caused by differing interpretations of border descriptions by Missouri and Iowa surveyors, erupted when Missouri officials tried to collect taxes in the disputed area. Lucas sent representatives to Washington to appeal for Iowa but also called out the militia. In 1850 the U.S. Supreme Court resolved the conflict in favor of Iowa. After the Whigs won the 1840 presidential election, President Harrison appointed a Whig as Iowa's governor. Lucas was disappointed at being replaced. When a Democrat was again elected to the White House in 1844, he hoped to be reinstated but was not. After leaving the governor's office, Lucas remained in Iowa and eventually settled with his family near Iowa City. Arguably, Lucas's postgubernatorial contributions are as significant to Iowa's development as those he made as governor. As a delegate to the first state constitutional convention in 1844, he served on the committee to define the powers of the executive and on the Committee on State Revenue. He was also a member of the Committee on State Boundaries and advocated for boundaries from the Mississippi to the Missouri rivers and to the St. Peter River in the north. Those boundaries were sent to Congress with the state constitution. Although Congress wanted a smaller Iowa, Iowa's final boundaries were close to those Lucas had proposed. In Ohio, Lucas had advocated the building of canals. As Iowa governor, he pushed for the establishment of roads. Finally, his interest turned to railroads, and he participated in two railroad conventions in 1850. He had not completely given up politics, though. In 1846 he put himself forward unsuccessfully as a Democratic candidate to become the first governor of the new state. His last venture into politics is probably the most surprising. After being a Democrat his entire political career, he put his support behind the Whig candidate in the 1852 presidential election and became active in the local Whig Party. Soon afterwards, Lucas and his wife, Friendly, decided to spend the remainder of their lives in Iowa City. In 1844 they purchased 80 acres just south of town, and built a house reminiscent of their home in Ohio. Nestled among a grove of plum trees, the house was dubbed Plum Grove. Robert Lucas died February 7, 1853. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Library of Iowa and State Historical Society of Iowa Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Leigh Ann Randak - Iowa Biographical Dictionary Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1838; 1839; 1840; Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. 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Title A name given to the resource Governors of Iowa Description An account of the resource Contributors: Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa Out of 42 governors from the state of Iowa, two have served twice, both with a twelve year hiatus between the two terms. Governor Samuel Kirkwood served from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877. Governor Terry Branstad served from 1983-1999 and was re-elected to a term beginning in 2011. Images and biographies of all Iowa's governors beginning with the first territorial governor in 1838 are included here. There are also links to the Executive Orders of the governors. Pictured here is Governor Ansell Briggs who served from 1846-1850. He was the first Iowa governor to serve following the terms of three Iowa Territory governors. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa The State Historical Society of Iowa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1931-1933, Daniel Turner Subject The topic of the resource Iowa Governors Description An account of the resource Daniel Webster Turner, 25th governor of Iowa and a founder of the National farmer Organization (NFO), was the fifth of nine children of Almira (Baker) Turner and Austin Bates Turner, a merchant and Civil War veteran. Daniel Turner served for 18 months in Company K, 51st Iowa Regiment, fighting guerrillas in the Philippines. On his return he settled down, went into business with his father, and, in 1900, married Alice Sample. He also remained in the reserves, rising to the rank of major before resigning in 1911. In 1903 he ran for the Iowa Senate seat from Adams and Taylor counties. His Republican opponent withdrew, as did his Democratic one. Once elected, Turner supported the Republican progressive Governor Albert Cummins loyally. He proposed a few progressive reform bills of his ownrequiring more information from county school superintendents and regulating the purity of linseed oil but as a freshman senator he had little influence. Turner was especially vocal in his opposition to the railroads' control of much of Iowa politics. He worked against the free pass system and the influence of railroad money on Iowa politicians. He strongly supported primary elections bills until one went into effect in June 1908. He also supported changing the U.S. Constitution to elect U.S. senators directly as a way to limit the railroads' influence in Washington. Turner declined to run for another term in 1908 and went home to run the family business, but he did not retire from politics. He spoke at the 1912 Republican State Convention. Unlike many Iowa progressives he supported the party when Theodore Roosevelt bolted to form the Bull Moose Party. In the mid 1920s he was a strong supporter of the McNary-Haugen Bill, and he repeatedly decried the control of Republican conservatives over his beloved GOP. In 1926 he refused nomination to replace Senator Cummins, who had died in office. In 1929 Turner decided to run for governor of Iowa as the progressive Republican running against the ""Standpats.""He came out for a state income tax, which his two primary opponents opposed.Turner was elected in a landslide in November 1930, defeating Democrat Fred P. Hagemann of Waverly. As governor, Turner supported the state income tax, conservation measures, and municipal utilities, and he cracked down on improprieties in state government. His greatest challenge came in the spring of 1931, when farmer discontent with federal and state farm policies exploded over the issue of mandatory tuberculin testing of cattle by Iowa state veterinarians. In March 1931, farmers prevented state officials from testing on William Buttebrodt's Cedar County farm, and farmers from across the state, members of Milo Reno 's newly formed farmer Protective Association, took over the House chamber in the capitol at Des Moines. Turner promised to enforce state testing laws and to oppose efforts in the legislature to change them. When state veterinarians were prevented from testing cattle on two different farms in Cedar County in late August, Turner sent state agents with the veterinarians to Jake Lenker's farm, where 500 farmer clashed with the state officials. Turner was in Washington, D.C., at the time, meeting with President Herbert Hoover. Turner called out the National Guard by telephone and sent them to restore order in Cedar County. In late September state veterinarians, in the company of the National Guard, again went to the Lenker farm to test his cattle, but there were no cows to test. Lenker claimed to have sold his herd and was arrested for moving cattle under quarantine. Tensions subsided, and by October 1931 testing in Cedar County was finished, and the soldiers left. By contrast, when Milo Reno's farmer's Holiday Association (FHA) called for farmers to withhold produce from the market in August 1932, Governor Turner was loathe to call out the National Guard. He urged local officials to keep the roads open and held the National Guard in readiness. However, sympathy with the farmers and disgust with President Hoover's failed farm policies made Turner reluctant to act, even when farmers outside Sioux City turned back trucks and dumped milk onto the road and violence erupted there and elsewhere in western Iowa. When Reno called for a suspension of the strike, Turner agreed to the FHA proposal that midwestern governors meet in Sioux City to discuss the farm problem with the FHA men. Reno asked the governors of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Iowa to support state action to stop foreclosures, congressional action to reinflate the farm economy, voluntary farmer crop withholding, and state action to prevent crop sales at less than the cost of production. Turner and the other governors agreed to telegraph President Hoover to ask for a federal financial institution halt to foreclosures, but Turner led opposition to the demand for state support of crop withholdingarguing that it could easily lead to violence. Turner was defeated in two bids for reelection in 1932 and 1934. He served on the War Production Board in Washington, D.C., from 1941 to 1945. He lived a long life, dying at age 92 on April 15, 1969, and was buried in Corning, Iowa. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Library of Iowa and State Historical Society of Iowa Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Biographical Dictionary of Iowa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1931; 1932; 1933; Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa. www.iowahistory.org/libraries/services-and-fees/copyright-notice.html https://www.iowaheritage.org/files/original/5a4b12a3ccc22e48fb28991c22c67fa8.jpg be3922e12ca3a64cb69d93830eeadea6 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 4803 Height 5959 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Governors of Iowa Description An account of the resource Contributors: Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa Out of 42 governors from the state of Iowa, two have served twice, both with a twelve year hiatus between the two terms. Governor Samuel Kirkwood served from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877. Governor Terry Branstad served from 1983-1999 and was re-elected to a term beginning in 2011. Images and biographies of all Iowa's governors beginning with the first territorial governor in 1838 are included here. There are also links to the Executive Orders of the governors. 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Title A name given to the resource 1925-1931, John Hammill Subject The topic of the resource Iowa Governors Description An account of the resource John Hammill, 24th Governor of Iowa was born on October 14, 1875 in Linden, Iowa County, Wisconsin, the son of George and Mary Brewer Hammill, both of English ancestry. When he was 13, the family moved to a farm near Britt, Hancock County, Iowa. He graduated from Britt High School in 1895, and two years later obtained an LL.B. from the College of Law, State University of Iowa. After admission to the bar, Hammill practiced law in Britt. In 1899 he married Fannie B. Richards, born in Garner, Iowa. The couple had no children. In 1902 Hammill was elected county attorney and was reelected in 1904. Next he was a state senator from 1908 to 1912. He was elected Republican lieutenant governor in 1920 and reelected in 1922. When Governor Nathan Kendall became ill in 1922, Hammill was acting governor for 10 weeks. He was elected governor in his own right in 1924 and was reelected in 1926 and 1928, winning each election by huge majorities. In 1930 he lost the primary for U.S. senator and voluntarily retired as governor after three terms in office. Hammill's greatest achievement lay in highway improvement. When he became governor, Iowa was known as ""the Mud Roads State of the Union.""Under his stewardship, by ""legislating, locating, grading, draining and bridging"" its primary roads, Iowa became one of the ""best road states of the Union.""Secondary roads had been the responsibility of counties and townships. The new Secondary Road Law consolidated control of all of them with the counties, reducing the number of administrative officials from 5, 500 to 400 and producing practical administrative units. Secondary road funds were consolidated and simplified. As a result, hundreds of miles of secondary roads were graded and surfaced with gravel. Chaos had reigned over the state-run primary roads. Hammill brought order. Financial confusion gave way to a gasoline tax of two cents per gallon and later three cents per gallon, with five-ninths allocated to the primary roads and four-ninths to the secondary roads. When Hammill became governor, Iowa had fewer than 600 miles of paved primary roads and 2, 500 miles of gravel roads. When he left office, Iowa had 3, 340 miles of paved primary roads and 2, 420 miles of gravel roads. When he came to office, 24 percent of the primary road system was unimproved; on his leaving office, only 3 percent remained unimproved. Hammill had dragged Iowa ""out of the mud."" Hammill had many other achievements. A keen tax reformer, he could boast of reducing the state millage levy and the assessed valuation of property. Moreover, a State Board of Assessment and Review was created, which added millions to the assessment roll and drafted a program for tax reform. In agriculture, Hammill created the Iowa Industrial and Agricultural Commission, which played an important part in laying the groundwork for Congress to consider the farmer' cause. The commission also produced evidence that led to the reform of the Chicago Grain Market. The governor himself visited Washington, D.C., and played a part in the Federal Tariff Commission, which raised the tariffs on butter and corn. He also created a commission of 11 midwestern governors and 11 farm leaders, legislators, and professors""The Committee of Twenty-Two""which aroused legislative and public opinion in favor of various farm relief projects. In banking, many of Hammill's recommendations were embodied in ""the most comprehensive recodification of the banking laws that Iowa has ever undertaken since banking was set up in this state.""This reform was a model for other states in renewing their banking laws. Although women had had the vote since the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Iowa Constitution still insisted on males only being members of the General Assembly. In 1925 Hammill strongly urged the adoption of a constitutional amendment to delete this anomaly from the Iowa Constitution. ""The women are to be highly commended and complimented in the thorough-going interest which they are taking in public affairs, "" he said. The amendment was ratified by referendum in 1926. Hammill was the first Iowa governor to mention aviation to the General Assembly. The legislature followed his lead and passed a law establishing air traffic rules and licensing of aircraft and airmen. When Governor Hammill left office, he returned to Britt, where he practiced law and looked after his three model farms in Hancock County. He died of a heart attack at the age of 60 on April 6, 1936 during a business trip to Minneapolis. He was buried in Britt, Iowa. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Library of Iowa and State Historical Society of Iowa Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Biographical Dictionary of Iowa Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. 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Title A name given to the resource Governors of Iowa Description An account of the resource Contributors: Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa and the State Historical Society of Iowa Out of 42 governors from the state of Iowa, two have served twice, both with a twelve year hiatus between the two terms. Governor Samuel Kirkwood served from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877. Governor Terry Branstad served from 1983-1999 and was re-elected to a term beginning in 2011. Images and biographies of all Iowa's governors beginning with the first territorial governor in 1838 are included here. There are also links to the Executive Orders of the governors. Pictured here is Governor Ansell Briggs who served from 1846-1850. He was the first Iowa governor to serve following the terms of three Iowa Territory governors. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa The State Historical Society of Iowa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Executive Orders Executive Orders issued by Iowa governors. http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/law-library/govexecorders/execordhughes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1963-1969, Harold Hughes Subject The topic of the resource Iowa Governors Description An account of the resource Harold E. Hughes, a democrat, was born in Ida Grove, Iowa on February 10, 1922. He was the youngest son of Lewis C. and Etta E. Hughes. Lewis was an Ida Grove florist for many years. He graduated from Ida Grove High School in 1940 and was the state discus champion 1938 and an all-state football guard in 1939. He attended the University of Iowa. From 1942 to 1945 he was a rifleman in the US Army, serving in combat in North Africa, Sicily and Otaly. In 1958 he was elected as a member of the Iowa State Commerce Commission. He was inaugurated on January 17, 1963 as Iowa's thirty-sixth governor. He was a member of the Methodist Church, the American Legion, the Masonic Lodge, the Royal Arch Masons, and the Mizpah Commandery and Abu Bekr Shrine. Hughes was an ardent hunter, fisherman, trapper, and conservationist. He married Eva Mae Mercer of Ida Grove on August 23, 1941. They had three daughters. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Library of Iowa and State Historical Society of Iowa Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Iowa Official Register, Wikipedia. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa. www.iowahistory.org/libraries/services-and-fees/copyright-notice.html