Joseph R. Frailey

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State Senator
Republican
Lawyer
Lee
45
01/09/1933 - 01/13/1935
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Senator from the first district, Lee county. Occupation, lawyer. Was a member of the senate from the thirty-sixth to the thirty-ninth, inclusive, re-elected to the forty-second, forty-second extra and forty-third, and again to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth sessions. A republican.

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State Senator
Republican
Lawyer
Lee
44
01/12/1931 - 01/08/1933
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Senator from the first district, composed of Lee county. Occupation, lawyer. Residence, Fort Madison. Was a member of the senate from the thirty-sixth to the thirty-ninth inclusive, re-elected to the forty-second, forty-second extra and forty-third, and again to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth sessions.

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State Senator
Republican
Lawyer
Lee
43
01/14/1929 - 01/11/1931
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Senator from the first district, composed of Lee county, was born in Ft. Madison, March 2, 1876. Graduated Ft. Madison high school in 1893; State University of Iowa, liberal arts, 1898; law, 1900. Second lieutenant, Company F, Fiftieth Iowa Infantry, United States Volunteers, during Spanish-American war, and up to the time this regiment was mustered out of service. City solicitor of Ft. Madison from 1905 up to the time he took his seat in the senate, at which time he resigned. Served as a member of the state senate from Lee county in the thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, forty-second and forty-third general assemblies. Connected with the legal department of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad from 1900 to 1905. Practiced law in Ft. Madison since 1905. Is married. Republican in politics. During the political campaigns of 1920, 1924 and 1928, he spoke for the republican national committee in many states. He is trustee of the Cattermole Memorial Library in Ft. Madison, and was one of the trustees of the $250,000 gift of Alexander Coleman, Esquire, for the purpose of building a road in Lee and Henry counties, Iowa.

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State Senator
Republican
Lawyer
Lee
42
01/10/1927 - 01/13/1929
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Senator from the first district, composed of Lee county, was born in Ft. Madison, March 2, 1876. Graduated Ft. Madison high school in 1893; State University of Iowa, liberal arts, 1898; law, 1900. Second Lieutenant, Company F, Fiftieth Iowa Infantry, United States Volunteers, during Spanish-American war, and up to the time this regiment was mustered out of service. City solicitor of Ft. Madison from 1905 up to the time he took his seat in the senate, at which time he resigned. Served as a member of the state senate from Lee county in the thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth general assemblies. Connected with the legal department of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad from 1900 to 1905. Practiced law in Ft. Madison since 1905. Is married. Republican in politics. During the political campaign of 1920, he spoke for the republican national committee in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Colorado, and during the national campaign of 1924 in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. He is trustee of the Cattermole Memorial Library in Ft. Madison, and one of the trustees of the $250,000 gift of Alexander Coleman, Esquire, for the purpose of building a road in Lee and Henry counties, Iowa.

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State Senator
Republican
Lawyer
Lee
39
01/10/1921 - 01/07/1923
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Senator from the First district, composed of Lee county, was born in Ft. Madison March 2, 1876. Graduated Ft. Madison high school 1893; State University of Iowa, liberal arts, 1898; law, 1900. Second lieutenant, Company F, Fiftieth Iowa Infantry, United States Volunteers, during Spanish-American war, and up to the time this regiment was mustered out of service. City solicitor of Ft. Madison from 1905 up to the time he took his seat in the senate, at which time he resigned. Connected with the legal department of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad from 1900 to 1905. Practiced law in Ft. Madison since 1905. Is married, and republican in politics. During the political campaign of 1920, he spoke for the republican national committee in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Colorado.

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State Senator
Republican
Lawyer
Lee
38
01/13/1919 - 01/09/1921
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Senator from the First district, composed of Lee county, was born in Ft. Madison March 2, 1876. Graduated Ft. Madison high school 1893; State University of Iowa Liberal Arts, 1898; Law, 1900. Second Lieutenant Company F, Fiftieth Iowa Infantry, United States Volunteers, during Spanish-American war and up to the time this regiment was mustered out of service. City solicitor of Ft. Madison from 1905 up to the time he took his seat in the senate at which time he resigned. Connected with the legal department of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad from 1900 to 1905. Practiced law in Ft. Madison since 1905. Is married, and republican in politics.

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State Senator
Republican
Lawyer
Lee
37
01/08/1917 - 01/12/1919
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Senator from the first district, composed of Lee county, was born in Ft. Madison March 2, 1876. Graduated Ft. Madison high school 1893; State University of Iowa Liberal Arts, 1898; Law, 1900. Second Lieutenant Company F, Fiftieth Iowa Infantry, United States Volunteers, during Spanish-American war and up to the time this regiment was mustered out of service. City solicitor of Ft. Madison from 1905 up to the time he took his seat in the senate at which time he resigned. Connected with the legal department of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad from 1900 to 1905. Practiced law in Ft. Madison since 1905. Is married, and republican in politics.

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State Senator
Republican
Lawyer
Lee
36
01/11/1915 - 01/07/1917
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Senator from the First district, composed of Lee county, was born in Ft. Madison March 2, 1876. Graduated Ft. Madison high school 1893; State University of Iowa Liberal Arts, 1898; Law, 1900. Second Lieutenant Company F, Fiftieth Iowa Infantry, United States Volunteers, during Spanish-American war and up to the time this regiment was mustered out of service. City solicitor of Ft. Madison from 1905 up to the time he took his seat in the senate at which time he resigned. Connected with the legal department of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad from 1900 to 1905. Practiced law in Ft. Madison since 1905. Is married, and republican in politics.

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