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Permanent LinkWellington I. Beans
| Banker | |
| Mahaska | |
| 34 | |
| 01/09/1911 - 01/12/1913 | |
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Representative from Mahaska county, was born in Stark county, Ohio, August 28, 1853, and moved to Mahaska county, Iowa, in the fall of 1856. His parents were American-born. Was educated in the common schools of Mahaska county and spent one year at Oskaloosa College. Began life as a farmer and engaged in the buying and shipping of stock in the year 1873, which occupation he followed until the spring of 1908. Has made a specialty of raising and shipping fine draft horses for the Chicago markets for the past twenty-five years. Has been associated with the Prairie Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Poweshiek, Mahaska and Keokuk counties, which he helped organize and has been a director and treasurer of the company since organization. In February of 1906, with several others, organized the Farmers National Bank of Oskaloosa, Iowa, of which he is a director and president. Was a member of the school board for several terms and was successively township trustee and assessor. Elected Representative 1908 and re-elected in 1910. A Republican in politics.
| Banker | |
| Mahaska | |
| 33 | |
| 01/11/1909 - 01/08/1911 | |
| 25 |
Representative from Mahaska county, was born in Stark county, Ohio, August 28, 1853, and moved to Mahaska county, Iowa, in the fall of 1856. His parents were American-born. Was educated in the common schools of Mahaska county and spent one year at Oskaloosa College. Began life as a farmer and engaged in the buying and shipping of stock in the year 1873, which occupation he followed until the spring of 1908. Has made a specialty of raising and shipping fine draft horses for the Chicago markets for the past twenty-five years. Has been associated with the Prairie Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Poweshiek, Mahaska and Keokuk counties, which he helped organize and has been a director and treasurer of the company since organization. In February of 1906, with several others, organized the Farmers National Bank of Oskaloosa, Iowa, of which he is a director and president. Was a member of the school board for several terms and was successively township trustee and assessor. Elected Representative in 1908. A Republican in politics.