Senator from the Thirty-third District, composed of the counties of Delaware and Buchanan, was born at Bowen's Prairie, Jones county, Iowa, January13, 1857. His parents, who were both born in the State of Vermont, moved to Iowa in 1858 and located in Delaware county. He has resided there ever since, with the exception of one year which he spent in South Dakota. He attended the public schools at Manchester; was three years a student in the Collegiate Department of the Iowa State University; graduated from the Law Department of the Iowa State University in the class of 1879. Entered the practice of the law at Manchester as a member of the firm of Blair & Dunham; is still in practice at the same place, a member of the firm of Dunham, Norris & Stiles. Was Representative from Delaware county in the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies and Senator in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second General Assemblies. A Republican in politics.

Born in Jones County, Iowa, January 13, 1857. His father, Francis W. Dunham, was a native of Bakersfield, Vermont. Judge Dunham has spent his entire life in Delaware County. His preliminary education was acquired in the public schools of Manchester and later he attended the State University at Iowa City. In preparation for a professional career he became a law student in the office and under the direction of A. S. Blair, a practicing attorney of Manchester, and afterward entered the law department of the State University, from which he was graduated in June, 1879. He soon returned to Manchester, where he entered into partnership with his former preceptor. On the 6th of February, 1890, Judge Dunham was appointed postmaster of Manchester and while discharging the duties of that position continued also in the practice of law. His power in the courts naturally led to his selection for judicial honors when in March, 1913, it devolved upon Governor Clark to appoint some one to fill the vacancy on the bench of the tenth judicial district caused by the resignation of Judge Ransier. Judge Dunham was chosen and is now acting in that capacity and his decisions are characterized by a masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution. He also served as a member of the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assembly and as a member of the Senate, representing Delaware and Buchanan counties, in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second sessions. During the Thirty second session he served as chairman of the committee which compiled the code supplement (1907) codifying the laws of the state enacted after the adoption of the code of 1897 and annotating the entire statutes. On the 9th of October, 1884, Judge Dunham was united in marriage to Miss Effie May Blair.

Born in Jones County, Iowa, January 13, 1857. His father, Francis W. Dunham, was a native of Bakersfield, Vermont. Judge Dunham has spent his entire life in Delaware County. His preliminary education was acquired in the public schools of Manchester and later he attended the State University at Iowa City. In preparation for a professional career he became a law student in the office and under the direction of A. S. Blair, a practicing attorney of Manchester, and afterward entered the law department of the State University, from which he was graduated in June, 1879. He soon returned to Manchester, where he entered into partnership with his former preceptor. On the 6th of February, 1890, Judge Dunham was appointed postmaster of Manchester and while discharging the duties of that position continued also in the practice of law. His power in the courts naturally led to his selection for judicial honors when in March, 1913, it devolved upon Governor Clark to appoint some one to fill the vacancy on the bench of the tenth judicial district caused by the resignation of Judge Ransier. Judge Dunham was chosen and is now acting in that capacity and his decisions are characterized by a masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution. He also served as a member of the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assembly and as a member of the Senate, representing Delaware and Buchanan counties, in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second sessions. During the Thirty second session he served as chairman of the committee which compiled the code supplement (1907) codifying the laws of the state enacted after the adoption of the code of 1897 and annotating the entire statutes. On the 9th of October, 1884, Judge Dunham was united in marriage to Miss Effie May Blair.

Born in Jones County, Iowa, January 13, 1857. His father, Francis W. Dunham, was a native of Bakersfield, Vermont. Judge Dunham has spent his entire life in Delaware County. His preliminary education was acquired in the public schools of Manchester and later he attended the State University at Iowa City. In preparation for a professional career he became a law student in the office and under the direction of A. S. Blair, a practicing attorney of Manchester, and afterward entered the law department of the State University, from which he was graduated in June, 1879. He soon returned to Manchester, where he entered into partnership with his former preceptor. On the 6th of February, 1890, Judge Dunham was appointed postmaster of Manchester and while discharging the duties of that position continued also in the practice of law. His power in the courts naturally led to his selection for judicial honors when in March, 1913, it devolved upon Governor Clark to appoint some one to fill the vacancy on the bench of the tenth judicial district caused by the resignation of Judge Ransier. Judge Dunham was chosen and is now acting in that capacity and his decisions are characterized by a masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution. He also served as a member of the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assembly and as a member of the Senate, representing Delaware and Buchanan counties, in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second sessions. During the Thirty second session he served as chairman of the committee which compiled the code supplement (1907) codifying the laws of the state enacted after the adoption of the code of 1897 and annotating the entire statutes. On the 9th of October, 1884, Judge Dunham was united in marriage to Miss Effie May Blair.

Born in Jones County, Iowa, January 13, 1857. His father, Francis W. Dunham, was a native of Bakersfield, Vermont. Judge Dunham has spent his entire life in Delaware County. His preliminary education was acquired in the public schools of Manchester and later he attended the State University at Iowa City. In preparation for a professional career he became a law student in the office and under the direction of A. S. Blair, a practicing attorney of Manchester, and afterward entered the law department of the State University, from which he was graduated in June, 1879. He soon returned to Manchester, where he entered into partnership with his former preceptor. On the 6th of February, 1890, Judge Dunham was appointed postmaster of Manchester and while discharging the duties of that position continued also in the practice of law. His power in the courts naturally led to his selection for judicial honors when in March, 1913, it devolved upon Governor Clark to appoint some one to fill the vacancy on the bench of the tenth judicial district caused by the resignation of Judge Ransier. Judge Dunham was chosen and is now acting in that capacity and his decisions are characterized by a masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution. He also served as a member of the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assembly and as a member of the Senate, representing Delaware and Buchanan counties, in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second sessions. During the Thirty second session he served as chairman of the committee which compiled the code supplement (1907) codifying the laws of the state enacted after the adoption of the code of 1897 and annotating the entire statutes. On the 9th of October, 1884, Judge Dunham was united in marriage to Miss Effie May Blair.