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  Dawson, Albert F.
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NameAlbert F. Dawson
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Preston, Iowa , United States
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Born January 26, 1872
DiedMarch 09, 1949 (77 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Aug 11, 2015 05:25pm
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InfoDAWSON, Albert Foster, a Representative from Iowa; born in Spragueville, Jackson County, Iowa, January 26, 1872; attended the public schools and the University of Wisconsin at Madison; engaged in newspaper work at Preston, Iowa, in 1891 and 1892 and at Clinton, Iowa, from 1892 to 1894; secretary to Representative George M. Curtis and Senator William B. Allison of Iowa 1895-1905; studied finance at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911); declined the candidacy for renomination in 1910 and also an appointment as private secretary to President William H. Taft tendered in 1910; president of the First National Bank of Davenport, Iowa, 1911-1929; executive secretary of the Republican National Senatorial Committee in 1930; public utility executive 1931-1945; retired from business activities and resided in Highland Park, Ill., until his death March 9, 1949, on a train as it neared Cincinnati, Ohio; interment in Preston Cemetery, Preston, Iowa


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