Palo Alto County Democrat. Born at Carlisle, Iowa, March 15, 1880, son of Benjamin Kessler and Martha Randleman Keeney, early settlers of Warren county. Graduated from Carlisle high school in 1901; the liberal arts college of Drake University, 1906; and Drake University school of medicine, 1908. Interned at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines. Post graduate work at Harvard University. Instructor and coach at Central College, Pella, Iowa, 1909-1910. Married to Alice Maude Webster, 1909; father of two daughters; Marguerite, Mrs. George Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif., and Ruth who is doing post-graduate work at the Eastman Music School, Rochester, N.Y. Since 1910, associated in practice of medicine in Mallard with Dr. E. D. Beatty. Has farms in Palo Alto and Emmet counties. President of the Mallard school board for 27 years; member county board of education for 24 years. An officer in the Upper Des Moines Medical Society. Member of the Church of Christ, and Masonic lodge. Former member First Signal Company, Iowa National Guard. Third term in legislature.

Palo Alto County Democrat. Born at Carlisle, Iowa, March 15, 1880, son of Benjamin Kessler and Martha Randleman Keeney, early settlers of Warren county. Graduated from Carlisle high school in 1901; the liberal arts college of Drake University, 1906; and Drake University school of medicine, 1908. Interned at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines. Post graduate work at Harvard University. Instructor and coach at Central College, Pella, Iowa, 1909-1910. Married to Alice Maude Webster, 1909; father of two daughters: Marguerite and Ruth. Since 1910, associated in practice of medicine in Mallard with Dr. E. D. Beatty. Has farms in Palo Alto and Emmet counties. President of the Mallard school board for 25 years; member county board of education for 22 years. An officer in the Upper Des Moines Medical Society. Member of the Church of Christ, and Masonic lodge. Former member First Signal Company, Iowa National Guard. Second term in legislature.

Representative from Palo Alto county, was born at Carlisle, Iowa, March 15, 1880. Son of Benjamin Kessler and Martha Randleman Keeney, early settlers of Carlisle, Warren county, Iowa. Graduated from Carlisle high school in 1901; the liberal arts college of Drake University, 1906; and Drake University school of medicine, 1908. Interned at Iowa Methodist Hospital at Des Moines, 1908-1909. Post-graduate work at Harvard University. Instructor in biology and coach at Central College, Pella, Iowa, 1909-1910. Married Alice Maude Webster, 1909 and has two children; Marguerite, a teacher in Lucas school, Des Moines, and Ruth, music instructor in Scranton public schools, Scranton, Iowa. Associated in practice of medicine in Mallard, Iowa, since 1910, with Dr. E. D. Beatty. President and member of Mallard school board for twenty-three years and member county board of education for twenty years. President Upper Des Moines Medical Society. Member Church of Christ, and Masonic lodge. Former member first signal company, Iowa National Guard. First term in legislature. A democrat.