Bernard J. Horchem

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State Senator
Democrat
School Principal
Dubuque
41
01/12/1925 - 01/09/1927
35

Senator from Dubuque County, the thirty-fifth district, is principal of the Audubon school at Dubuque. He was born December 4, 1866, the son of John and Henrietta (Plaster) Horchem. His father, a Union soldier, died shortly after the war. In 1884, he was graduated from the Dyersville schools, in 1892, from the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana, and from the business college at Cedar Rapids. He has subsequently pursued special courses of sociology and psychology in Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He was principal at the Dyersville school, and was three times elected superintendent of Dubuque County. His great achievement has been the development of the ideals of “Park Life,” and “social center” activities. He is connected with numerous societies of an educational, sociological and scientific character. He is especially interested in all that pertains to education and health. He was elected representative in 1914, was re-elected in 1916, and elected senator in 1918.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Senator
Democrat
School Principal
Dubuque
40
01/08/1923 - 01/11/1925
35

Senator from Dubuque County, the thirty-fifth district, is principal of the Audubon school at Dubuque. He was born December 4, 1866, the son of John and Henrietta (Plaster) Horchem. His father, a Union soldier, died shortly after the war. In 1884, he was graduated from the Dyersville schools, in 1892, from the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana, and from the business college at Cedar Rapids. He has subsequently pursued special courses of sociology and psychology in Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He was principal at the Dyersville school, and was three times elected superintendent of Dubuque County. His great achievement has been the development of the ideals of “Park Life,” and “social center” activities. He is connected with numerous societies of an educational, sociological and scientific character. He is especially interested in all that pertains to education and health. He was elected representative in 1914, was re-elected in 1916, and elected senator in 1918.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Senator
Democrat
School Principal
Dubuque
39
01/10/1921 - 01/07/1923
35

Senator from Dubuque County, the thirty-fifth district, is principal of the Audubon school at Dubuque. He was born December 4, 1866, the son of John and Henrietta (Plaster) Horchem. His father, a Union soldier, died shortly after the war. In 1884, he was graduated from the Dyersville schools, in 1892, from the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana, and from the business college at Cedar Rapids. He has subsequently pursued special courses of sociology and psychology in Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He was principal at the Dyersville school, and was three times elected superintendent of Dubuque County. His great achievement has been the development of the ideals of “Park Life,” and “social center” activities. He is connected with numerous societies of an educational, sociological and scientific character. He is especially interested in all that pertains to education and health. He was elected representative in 1914, was re-elected in 1916, and elected senator in 1918.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Senator
Democrat
School Principal
Dubuque
38
01/13/1919 - 01/09/1921
35

Senator from Dubuque County, the thirty-fifth district, is principal of the Audubon school at Dubuque. He was born December 4, 1866, the son of John and Henrietta (Plaster) Horchem. His father, a Union soldier, died shortly after the war. In 1884, he was graduated from the Dyersville schools, in 1892, from the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana, and from the business college at Cedar Rapids. He has subsequently pursued special courses of sociology and psychology in Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He was principal at the Dyersville school, and was three times elected superintendent of Dubuque County. His great achievement has been the development of the ideals of “Park Life,” and “social center” activities. He is connected with numerous societies of an educational, sociological and scientific character. He is especially interested in all that pertains to education and health. He was elected representative in 1914, was re-elected in 1916, and elected senator in 1918.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Representative
Democrat
Teacher
Dubuque
37
01/08/1917 - 01/12/1919
69

Senator from Dubuque County, the thirty-fifth district, is principal of the Audubon school at Dubuque. He was born December 4, 1866, the son of John and Henrietta (Plaster) Horchem. His father, a Union soldier, died shortly after the war. In 1884, he was graduated from the Dyersville schools, in 1892, from the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana, and from the business college at Cedar Rapids. He has subsequently pursued special courses of sociology and psychology in Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He was principal at the Dyersville school, and was three times elected superintendent of Dubuque County. His great achievement has been the development of the ideals of “Park Life,” and “social center” activities. He is connected with numerous societies of an educational, sociological and scientific character. He is especially interested in all that pertains to education and health. He was elected representative in 1914, was re-elected in 1916, and elected senator in 1918.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Representative
Democrat
School Principal
Dubuque
36
01/11/1915 - 01/07/1917
69

Senator from Dubuque County, the thirty-fifth district, is principal of the Audubon school at Dubuque. He was born December 4, 1866, the son of John and Henrietta (Plaster) Horchem. His father, a Union soldier, died shortly after the war. In 1884, he was graduated from the Dyersville schools, in 1892, from the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana, and from the business college at Cedar Rapids. He has subsequently pursued special courses of sociology and psychology in Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He was principal at the Dyersville school, and was three times elected superintendent of Dubuque County. His great achievement has been the development of the ideals of “Park Life,” and “social center” activities. He is connected with numerous societies of an educational, sociological and scientific character. He is especially interested in all that pertains to education and health. He was elected representative in 1914, was re-elected in 1916, and elected senator in 1918.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources