The Political Graveyard: Polk County, Iowa

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Polk County
Iowa

Politicians who lived in Polk County

Polk County (no city given): George L. Dobson — H. C. Evans — William C. Harbach — Dwight N. Lewis — Mark McCormick — Earl G. Miller — Martin L. Morris

Altoona: Wes Enos — David Fischer — Geri Huser — Ed Skinner — Neal Smith

Ankeny: Dennis Adamson — Carmine Boal — George Coffin — Wayne E. Coin — B. A. Lamason — Ollie J. Weigel

Bondurant: D. L. Maloney

Clive: Bill Clark — Peggy Herman — Jordan Oster — Theodore Sporer

Des Moines:

	Des Moines, year not specified: Frederic M. Miller
	Des Moines, 1840-1849: Thomas K. Brooks — Phineas M. Cassady — Hoyt Sherman — Josiah Smart — Robert S. Tidrick
	Des Moines, 1850-1859: Phineas M. Casady — Ira Cook — William DeFord — Barlow Granger — John A. Kasson — H. E. Lemoreaux — Benjamin Luce — William H. McHenry — Charles W. Nash — Wesley Redhead — Hoyt Sherman — Lampson P. Sherman — Andrew J. Stevens — R. L. Tidrick
	Des Moines, 1860-1869: W. S. Barnes — Thomas Cavanagh — George W. Cleveland — Chester C. Cole — Ira Cook — Daniel O. Finch — J. H. Hatch — H. M. Hoxie — John A. Kasson — P. H. W. Latshaw — William H. Leas — John Mitchell — Charles C. Nourse — Frank W. Palmer — Wesley Redhead — Lampson P. Sherman — Sumner F. Spofford — John Teesdale — George C. Tichenor — R. L. Tidrick — George G. Wright
	Des Moines, 1870-1879: John Beckwith — James S. Clarkson — Chester C. Cole — Ira Cook — Albert B. Cummins — Daniel O. Finch — J. P. Foster — Josiah Given — Benjamin F. Gue — J. H. Hatch — John A. Kasson — Frederick W. Lehmann — Emlin McClain — John Mitchell — A. Newton — Frank W. Palmer — Lampson P. Sherman — George Sneer — Adolph G. Studer — George C. Tichenor — Giles H. Turner — Martin Tuttle — George G. Wright
	Des Moines, 1880-1889: Ripley N. Baylies — John Beckwith — Charles A. Bishop — P. V. Carey — William Lytle Carpenter — R. L. Chase — James S. Clarkson — Chester C. Cole — Edwin H. Conger — William Conner — William F. Conrad — Ira Cook — Albert B. Cummins — Thomas C. Dawson — Josiah Given — Benjamin F. Gue — John A. Kasson — Emlin McClain — William H. Merritt — John Mitchell — James Harvey Phillips — John S. Runnels — Adolph G. Studer — George G. Wright
	Des Moines, 1890-1899: Stephen F. Balliett — Charles A. Bishop — Isaac Brandt — John H. Campbell — William Lytle Carpenter — James S. Clarkson — Chester C. Cole — William F. Conrad — Ira Cook — Albert B. Cummins — Thomas C. Dawson — Benjamin F. Gue — Philip C. Hanna — Isaac L. Hills — John A. T. Hull — Edward H. Hunter — C. C. Lane — John MacVicar — William H. Merritt — Solomon F. Prouty — Lewis Schooler — Adolph G. Studer — George G. Wright
	Des Moines, 1900-1909: Charles A. Bishop — Hugh Brennan — James M. Brenton — Chester C. Cole — William F. Conrad — Ira Cook — Albert B. Cummins — Ernest T. Eaton — George L. Godfrey — Benjamin F. Gue — Jeremiah J. Hartenbower — John A. T. Hull — R. N. Hyde — La Vega G. Kinne — John MacVicar — Adoniram Judson Mathis — George W. Mattern — John McKay, Jr. — Joseph I. Myerly — Solomon F. Prouty — Lewis E. Royal — Henry Sabin — Lewis Schooler — Jerry B. Sullivan — John M. Work — Lafayette Young
	Des Moines, 1910-1919: Paul H. Andreen — W. S. Ayres — Charles S. Bradshaw — Hugh Brennan — Beryl F. Carroll — Howard J. Clark — George Cosson — Myron M. Cowen — Gardner Cowles — Albert B. Cummins — Jay N. Darling — Lawrence DeGraff — Cassius C. Dowell — Charles A. Dudley — Alice E. Figg — James R. Hanna — R. N. Holsaple — George A. Huffman — Louis C. Kurtz — John MacVicar — Adoniram Judson Mathis — Edwin T. Meredith — Jesse A. Miller — Joseph I. Myerly — Christian A. Niemeyer — Charles D. O'Donnell — Solomon F. Prouty — Lewis E. Royal — A. K. Stewart — Jerry B. Sullivan — C. F. Walde — Lafayette Young
	Des Moines, 1920-1929: Paul H. Andreen — Charles S. Bradshaw — H. B. Burnquist — Beryl F. Carroll — Alexis U. Coates — Myron M. Cowen — Gardner Cowles — Albert B. Cummins — Paul Cunningham — Jay N. Darling — Mrs. Frank W. Dodson — Cassius C. Dowell — Mrs. Harry C. Evans — Frederick F. Faville — Alice E. Figg — John Fletcher — Edwin J. Frisk — Clyde L. Herring — R. N. Holsaple — George A. Huffman — Louis C. Kurtz — C. W. Lyon — Edwin T. Meredith — Frank Miles — Jesse A. Miller — D. W. Morehouse — Addison M. Parker — James M. Parsons — Alfred J. Pearson — Claude R. Porter — Charles A. Rawson — Lewis E. Royal — Dale Shaw — Albert W. Swalm — Zene C. Thornburg — Nellie Gregg Tomlinson — Henry Cantwell Wallace — Lafayette Young
	Des Moines, 1930-1939: Joe H. Allen — Paul H. Andreen — Charles S. Bradshaw — Mrs. Gregory Brunk — Beryl F. Carroll — Clyde Charlton — Alexis U. Coates — Robert W. Colflesh — Frank J. Comfort — Paul Cunningham — Jay N. Darling — Cassius C. Dowell — Frederick F. Faville — Alice E. Figg — John Fletcher — Edwin J. Frisk — Ben J. Gibson — William L. Harding — Clyde L. Herring — Lemuel S. Hill — Mrs. George Hise — Charles P. Howard — J. J. Hughes — Charles D. Huston — Gerald A. Jewett — Cloid I. Level — Ralph N. Lynch — J. Ralph Magee — Henry U. Mease — Jesse A. Miller — D. W. Morehouse — Nellie Gregg Tomlinson — Hubert Utterback — Vernon M. Vierth
	Des Moines, 1940-1949: A. A. Alexander — Harold E. Anderson — Charles S. Bradshaw — W. Harold Brenton — Wade Clark — Alexis U. Coates — Frank J. Comfort — Paul Cunningham — Charles A. Dewey — Cassius C. Dowell — Lester W. Drennen — Alice E. Figg — E. Frank Fox — Ray O. Garber — J. J. Gillespie — William John Goodwin — Henry F. Grant — Anna G. Griffin — Thomas J. Guthrie — Clyde L. Herring — Lemuel S. Hill — Charles D. Huston — Manson James — Edith M. Johnson — Cloid I. Level — Harry D. Linn — David B. Long — Ralph N. Lynch — J. Ralph Magee — Joseph Z. Marks — Norma Mathis — Henry U. Mease — D. W. Morehouse — Irving W. Myers — Agnes M. Samuelson — Carroll O. Switzer — Hubert Utterback — Henry A. Wallace — George A. Wilson
	Des Moines, 1950-1959: Archie Alexander — Jessie Augustine — Pat Bain — Earl J. Baum — W. Harold Brenton — A. B. Chambers — David H. Crenshaw — Paul Cunningham — Allen W. Denny — George M. Faul — Alice E. Figg — Ray O. Garber — William John Goodwin — Lex Hawkins — Edith M. Johnson — Edward J. Kelly — David B. Long — Joseph Z. Marks — Norma Mathis — Henry U. Mease — Octavia Moore — W. Lawrence Oliver — George E. O'Malley — James Rhodes — James W. Richards — William F. Riley — Heck Ross — Earl C. Ryan — Ted Sloane — Neal Smith — Helen Vernon — N. B. Wilson — Violet Winters
	Des Moines, 1960-1969: Pat Bain — Lloyd Bock — W. Harold Brenton — Reinhold O. Carlson — David H. Crenshaw — L. J. Dickinson — A. T. Donhowe — Mrs. Ed Lockner — John P. McNerney — C. Edwin Moore — John K. Rehmann
	Des Moines, 1970-1979: Pat Bain — Helen Barney — Wayne Bartlett — Glenn Buhr — Reinhold O. Carlson — Robert Dow — William Fenton — Lee Gaudineer — Dan L. Johnston — Dennis Jontz — Joseph B. Joyce — Ralph P. Mascaro — John P. McNerney — George F. Milligan — James W. Parker — Vivian Pruitt — Robert D. Ray — Howard C. Reppert, Jr. — Christine Sarcone — Ned L. Skinner — Mary Louise Smith — Hal Stookey — Betty Talkington — John Tapscott — James Wengert — Tom Whitney — Jack E. Woods
	Des Moines, 1980-1989: Robert G. Allbee
	Des Moines, 1990-1999: Victoria E. Bruner — Jan Corderman — Chet Culver — Dick Dearden — George Flagg — Greg Ganske — Justin Gross — David Kerr — Louis A. Lavorato — Paulee Lipsman — Carl M. McPherson — Tom Miller — Kathleen O'Leary — Mike Peterson — Lynn Proudfoot — Diane Stone — Jesse F. Taylor — Marsha K. Ternus — James J. Wengert
	Des Moines, 2000-2009: Som Baccam — Nancy Bobo — Leonard L. Boswell — Scott Brennan — Ray Brown — Christina Butts — Mary E. Campos — Steven Chasse — Frank Cownie — Chet Culver — Mari Culver — Cheryl Fasano — Gordon Fischer — Michael L. Fitzgerald — Araceli Goode — Deborah Groene — Michael Gronstal — Danny Homan — Keith Hunter — Chuck Hurley — Kim Lehman — Mary Maloney — Glen Massie — Kevin McLaughlin — Tom Miller — John Norris — Sally J. Pederson — Lynn Proudfoot — Ken Rains — Steve Roberts — Frank Sample — Maxine Sieleman — Mary Ann Spicer — Bob Vander Plaats — Paul Vidmar — Christie Vilsack — Tom Vilsack

Grimes: Robert Cramer

Johnston: Andy Christenson — Paula Dierenfeld — Katie Koberg — David Roederer

Runnells: Jackie Bishop

Sheldahl: Richard D. Johnson

Urbandale: Charles H. Day — E. J. Giovannetti — Jan Laue — Joseph Z. Marks — LuAnn Pedrick — Henry R. Simpson — Susan K. Thompson

Valley Junction: L. F. Jordan

West Des Moines: John Bloom — Ione Dilley — Michael L. Fitzgerald — C. K. Giles — John Gilliland — Patty Judge — Alan Koslow — George M. Mills — Ruth Nelson — Steve Scheffler — Bob Schockemoehl — Ione Shadduck — Barbara Sherbo — David Vaudt

See also Iowa areas not assigned to counties.

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