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C. Edwin Gilmour

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State Senator
Democrat
College Professor
Poweshiek
59
01/09/1961 - 01/13/1963
12

Grinnell Democrat 12th Senatorial District Keokuk and Poweshiek Counties. Born Sept. 15, 1918, at Blairsville, Pa. A.B. 1940, Westminster College, Pa.; M.B.A., 1942, M.G.A., 1946, Ph.D., 1951, University of Pennsylvania. Research Assistant, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1941-42. U. S. Army, 1942-46, with service in the China-Burma-India Theater. Educational assistant, Institute of Local and State Government, University of Pennsylvania, 1946-47. Instructor of political science, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-49. Teacher at Grinnell College since 1949; presently associate professor of political science and director of program in practical political education. Married Elizabeth Crosman, 1947. Father of three children: Tory (12), Betsy (10), Keith (5). Associations: American Association of University Political Science Associations; American Civil Liberties Union; American Arbitration Association; Iowa Association for Mental Health; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles. Member of Episcopal Church. Member, governor's committee on legislative reapportionment, 1958-60. Member, legislative research committee, 1959-61. Member, committee on organization of legislative staff services, National Legislative Conference, 1961. Elected to Senate in 1958. Democratic candidate for U. S. Congress, 1959, 1960.

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State Senator
Democrat
College Professor
Poweshiek
58
01/12/1959 - 01/08/1961
12

Grinnell Democrat 12th Senatorial District Keokuk and Poweshiek Counties. Born September 15, 1918, at Blairsville, Pennsylvania. A.B. 1940, Westminster College, Pa.; M.B.A. 1942, M.G.A., 1946, Ph.D., 1951, University of Pennsylvania. Research Assistant, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1941-42. U.S. Army, 1942-46, with service in the China-Burma-India Theater. Educational Assistant, Institute of Local and State Government, University of Pennsylvania, 1946-47. Instructor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-49. Teacher at Grinnell College since 1949; presently Associate Professor of Political Science. Married Elizabeth Crosman, 1947. Father of three children: Tory (10), Betsy (8), and Keith (4). Associations: American Association of University Professors, American Political Scientists, Iowa Conference of Political Scientists, State Historical Society, American Legion, Farm Bureau. Member of Episcopal church. Served on Governor's Committee on Legislative Reapportionment, 1958-59. Elected to the Senate in 1958.

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