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Politicians in Farm Supply and Services in Iowa
including fertilizer and farm implement dealers

George Alexander (1839-1923) — of Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, September 21, 1839. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; feed and grain business; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1909-13. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Grand Army of the Republic; Moose. Suffered a stroke, and died two months later, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 2, 1923 (age 83 years, 315 days). Interment at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.   Relatives: Son of William Alexander and Mary Alexander; married 1862 to Annie Yeiser.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Asher Anderson (b. 1883) — of Hannaford, Griggs County, N.Dak. Born in Lake Mills, Winnebago County, Iowa, January 21, 1883. Republican. Implement dealer; real estate business; auctioneer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1944; member of North Dakota Republican State Central Committee, 1946. Burial location unknown.   W. H. Baggs (1889-1955) — of Yankton, Yankton County, S.Dak. Born in Scranton, Greene County, Iowa, September 27, 1889. Republican. Farm implement dealer; member of South Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1947-52. Died in Yankton County, S.Dak., July 26, 1955 (age 65 years, 302 days). Burial location unknown.   Gustave A. Boehmke (1876-1939) — also known as Gus Boehmke — of Holland, Pipestone County, Minn. Born in Benton County, Iowa, 1876. Farmer; grain and livestock buyer; banker; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 12, 1915-16. Died in Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minn., July 13, 1939 (age about 63 years). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Pipestone, Minn.   Relatives: Son of Emil Boehmke and Anna (Wieben) Boehmke.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record   Carroll L. Brown (1913-1976) — of Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa. Born in Rose Hill, Mahaska County, Iowa, March 5, 1913. Republican. School teacher; supervisor, seed corn company; part owner and manager of a pig hatchery; member of Iowa state house of representatives from Mahaska County; elected 1950; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1952. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Farm Bureau; Jaycees. Died in April, 1976 (age 63 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, September 18, 1937, to Ruby Hite.   Beryl Franklin Carroll (1860-1939) — also known as Beryl F. Carroll — of Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in Davis County, Iowa, March 15, 1860. Republican. School teacher; livestock dealer; newspaper editor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa; candidate for Iowa state house of representatives, 1893; member of Iowa state senate, 1895-98; postmaster; Iowa state auditor, 1903-09; Governor of Iowa, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912; organizer and president, Provident Life Insurance Company. Methodist. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Kentucky Baptist Hospital, Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., December 16, 1939 (age 79 years, 276 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of Willys Carroll and Christina (Wright) Carroll; married, June 15, 1886, to Sarah Jennie Dodson.   See also National Governors Association biography Albert O. Gullickson (b. 1875) — of Fertile, Polk County, Minn. Born in Allamakee County, Iowa, March 4, 1875. Farm implement dealer; vice-president, Farmers State Bank; secretary, Fertile Creamery Association; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 66, 1917-18. Burial location unknown.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917   Mads Hansen Madsen (1863-1944) — also known as Mads H. Madsen — of Kimballton, Audubon County, Iowa; Solvang, Santa Barbara County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Denmark, March 28, 1863. Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer; inventor; candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1924. Danish ancestry. Patented several farm implements, including a wagon brake (1894), a corn-husking machine (1899), a hay-handling mechanism (1909), a manure spreader (1914), and a corn-planter dropper mechanism (1917). Died in Los Angeles County, Calif., April 21, 1944 (age 81 years, 24 days). Interment at Solvang Cemetery, Solvang, Calif.   Epitaph: "KÆMP FOR ALT HVAD DU HAR KÆRT" ("Fight for everything you hold dear", from a Danish hymn)   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Jefferson Steele (1853-1920) — also known as Thomas J. Steele — of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Born in Rush County, Ind., March 19, 1853. Democrat. Cattle commission business; U.S. Representative from Iowa 11th District, 1915-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1920. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1920 (age about 67 years). Interment at Graceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.   Presumably named for: Thomas Jefferson   Relatives: Son of Ira C. Steele; married to Ella McCullough.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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