Lewis Thomas Quirk

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State Senator
Republican
Farmer
Sac
44
01/12/1931 - 01/08/1933
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Senator from the forty-eighth district, including Carroll, Greene and Sac counties. Member of State Highway Commission by appointment of Governor Turner April, 1931, was born in Clinton county, Iowa, January 20, 1874, and moved with his parents in the spring of 1876 to Sac County where he has since resided. He was educated in the rural schools, Sac Institute and Morningside college. He taught school for three years, then became actively engaged in farming in which he has remained ever since. Married Miss Fannie L. Fox of Sac county, April 18, 1899, and to them was born one son, Edward L., August 20, 1913. Was president of the Sac county farm bureau four years. A member of the Methodist church, Consistory, Shrine, and O.E.S. Was elected representative in 1922, reelected in 1924 and 1926. Elected senator in 1930. A republican in politics.

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State Representative
Republican
Farmer
Sac
42
01/10/1927 - 01/13/1929
60

Representative from Sac county, was born in Clinton county, Iowa, January 20, 1874, and moved with his parents, in the spring of 1876 to Sac county where he has since resided. He was educated in the rural schools, Sac institute and Morningside college. He taught school for three years, then became actively engaged in farming in which he has remained ever since. Married Miss Fannie L. Fox of Sac county April 18, 1899, and to them was born one son, Edward L., August 20, 1913. Was president of the Sac county farm bureau four years. A member of the Methodist church, consistory, Shrine and O.E.S. Was elected representative in 1922, reelected in 1924 and 1926. A republican in politics.

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State Representative
Republican
Farmer
Sac
41
01/12/1925 - 01/09/1927
60

Representative from Sac county, was born in Clinton county, Iowa, January 20, 1874, and moved with his parents in the spring of 1876 to Sac county where he has since resided. He was educated in the rural schools, Sac institute and Morningside college. He taught school for three years, then became actively engaged in farming in which he has remained ever since. Married Miss Fannie L. Fox of Sac county April 18, 1899, and to them was born one son, Edward L., August 20, 1913. Was president of the Sac county farm bureau for four years. A member of the Methodist church, consistory, Shrine and O. E. S. Was elected as representative in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. A republican in politics.

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State Representative
Republican
Farmer
Sac
40
01/08/1923 - 01/11/1925
60

Representative from Sac county, was born in Clinton county, Iowa, January 20, 1874, and moved with his parents, in the spring of 1876 to Sac county where he has since resided. He was educated in the rural schools, Sac institute and Morningside college. He taught school for three years, then became actively engaged in farming in which he has remained ever since. Married Miss Fannie L. Fox of Sac county April 18, 1899, and to them was born one son, Edward L., August 20, 1913. Was president of the Sac county farm bureau for four years. A member of the Methodist church, consistory, Shrine and O.E.S. Was elected as representative in 1922. A republican in politics.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources