Iowa Delegation to 1916 Republican National Convention (original) (raw)

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| Iowa Delegation to the1916 Republican National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: Luther A. Brewer, Cedar Rapids - Howard J. Clark, Des Moines - George W. French, Davenport - William S. Kenyon, Fort Dodge1st District: La Monte Cowles, Burlington - E. R. Smith, Fairfield2nd District: George M. Curtis, Clinton - Joseph Reed Lane, Davenport3rd District: A. M. Cloud, Manchester - C. F. Johnston, Sheffield4th District: C. H. McNider, Mason City - J. W. Sandusky, New Hampton5th District: W. A. Dexter, Toledo - D. W. Norris, Marshalltown6th District: W. T. Harper, Ottumwa - H. W. Spaulding, Grinnell7th District: Gardner Cowles, Des Moines - M. L. Curtis, Knoxville8th District: James R. Bowsher, Leon - H. E. Tomlinson, New Market9th District: John J. Hess, Council Bluffs - Robert B. Wallace, Council Bluffs10th District: Robert Healy, Fort Dodge - Paul E. Stillman, Jefferson11th District: George C. Call, Sioux Center - E. L. Hogue, Blencoe Alternates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: John H. Darrah, Chariton - James A. Devitt, Oskaloosa - J. U. Sammis, Le Mars - L. B. Whitney, Decorah1st District: David J. Palmer, Washington - George S. Tucker, Keokuk2nd District: C. M. Dutcher, Iowa City - George M. Titus, Muscatine3rd District: W. J. Murray, Eldora - M. A. Smith, Independence4th District: William R. Dutton, Waukon - Karl J. Johnson, Osage5th District: John C. Milner, Belle Plaine - Charles T. Rogers, Grundy Center6th District: Ross R. Mowry, Newton - Harry M. Neas, Sigourney7th District: W. S. Cooper, Winterset - E. W. Valentine, Ames8th District: Earl E. Ferguson, Shenandoah - Dan W. Turner, Corning9th District: Arthur Farquhar, Audubon - J. Y. Wickersham, Villisca10th District: S. G. Goldthwaite, Boone - Dwight G. McCarty, Emmetsburg11th District: Edward H. Cunningham, Newell - Thad S. 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