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John Thomas Clarkson

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State Senator
Democrat
Lawyer
Monroe
36
01/11/1915 - 01/07/1917
15

Senator from the Fifteenth district, composed of the counties of Marion and Monroe, was born December 16, 1861, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, of English and Welsh parents, John and Ann Clarkson. Was educated in the common schools and private study evenings while engaged as a miner. Read law with A. C. Steck of Ottumwa, Iowa, and admitted to practice by the supreme court of Iowa, May 25, 1895. Elected county attorney of Monroe county in 1896 and re-elected in 1898. Elected senator in 1908. Re-elected in 1912. A democrat in politics.

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State Senator
Democrat
Lawyer
Monroe
35
01/13/1913 - 01/10/1915
15

Senator from the Fifteenth district, composed of the counties of Marion and Monroe, was born December 16, 1861, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, of English and Welsh parents, John and Ann Clarkson. Was educated in the common schools and private study evenings while engaged as a miner. Read law with A. C. Steck of Ottumwa, Iowa, and admitted to practice by the supreme court of Iowa, May 25, 1895. Elected county attorney of Monroe county in 1896 and re-elected in 1898. Elected senator in 1908. Re-elected in 1912. A democrat in politics.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Senator
Democrat
Lawyer
Monroe
34
01/09/1911 - 01/12/1913
15

Senator from the Fifteenth District, composed of the counties of Marion and Monroe, was born December 16, 1861, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, of English and Welsh parents, John and Ann Clarkson. Was educated in the common, schools and private study at evenings while engaged as a miner. Read law with A. C. Steck of Ottumwa, Iowa, and admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Iowa, May 25, 1895. Elected county attorney of Monroe county in 1896 and re-elected in 1898. Is married and has two sons and one daughter. Elected Senator in 1908. A Democrat in politics.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Senator
Democrat
Lawyer
Monroe
33
01/11/1909 - 01/08/1911
15

Senator from the Fifteenth District, composed of the counties of Marion and Monroe, was born December 16, 1861, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, of English and Welsh parents, John and Ann Clarkson. Was educated in the common schools and private study at evenings while engaged as a miner. Read law with A. C. Steck, of Ottumwa, Iowa, and admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Iowa, May 25, 1895. Elected county attorney of Monroe county in 1896 and re-elected in 1898. Has been a member of the school board of Albia, four years, the city of his residence, since July, 1904. Is married and has two sons and one daughter. Elected Senator in 1908. A Democrat in politics.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources