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  Herring, Clyde L.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameClyde L. Herring
Address180 37th Street
Des Moines, Iowa , United States
EmailNone
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Born May 03, 1879
DiedSeptember 15, 1945 (66 years)
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InfoHERRING, Clyde LaVerne, a Senator from Iowa; born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., May 3, 1879; attended the public schools; moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1897; served as a private in Company D, Third Michigan Regiment, in the Spanish-American War; moved to Colorado Springs, Colo., and engaged in ranching 1902-1906; moved to Massena, Iowa, and engaged in agricultural pursuits 1906-1908; entered the automobile business in Atlantic, Iowa, 1908-1910; moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1910 and continued in the automobile business; during the First World War served with the Iowa National Guard on the Mexican border; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1920; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1922; member of the Democratic National Committee of Iowa 1924-1928; Governor of Iowa 1933-1937; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate for the term beginning January 3, 1937, but did not qualify until the expiration of his term as Governor, and served from January 15, 1937, to January 3, 1943; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942; senior assistant administrator in the Office of Price Administration 1943; resumed the automobile business in Des Moines, Iowa; died in Washington, D.C., September 15, 1945; interment in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.


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Son Clyde E. Herring 1915-1976

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  11/03/1942 IA US Senate Lost 41.70% (-16.27%)
  06/01/1942 IA US Senate - D Primary Won 78.34% (+56.68%)
  11/03/1936 IA US Senate Won 50.34% (+3.35%)
  06/01/1936 IA US Senate - D Primary Won 53.64% (+18.73%)
  11/06/1934 IA Governor Won 51.75% (+8.20%)
  06/04/1934 IA Governor - D Primary Won 75.64% (+62.11%)
  11/08/1932 IA Governor Won 51.23% (+5.05%)
  06/06/1932 IA Governor - D Primary Won 44.21% (+12.17%)
  11/07/1922 IA US Senate Lost 36.89% (-26.22%)
  11/02/1920 IA Governor Lost 38.65% (-20.01%)
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