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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Lester J. Dickinson |
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Algona, Iowa , United States |
| Email | None |
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October 29, 1873
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| Died | June 04, 1968
(94 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | DICKINSON, Lester Jesse, (cousin of Fred Dickinson Letts), a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Derby, Lucas County, Iowa, October 29, 1873; attended the public schools; graduated from Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, in 1898, and from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1899; admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Algona, Iowa; second lieutenant in the Fifty-second Infantry, Iowa National Guard, 1900-1902; city clerk of Algona 1900-1904; prosecuting attorney of Kossuth County 1909-1913
U.S. Representative (R-IA) 1919-1931
U.S. Senator (R-IA) 1931-1937; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 and for election in 1938
Resumed the practice of law in Des Moines, Iowa, where he died on June 4, 1968; interment in Algona Cemetery, Algona, Iowa.
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