Senator from the Twenty-fifth District, composed of the counties of Iowa and Johnson, was born in Columbus, Ohio, October 25, 1841. His parents, both natives of Wales, emigrated from that country in 1840. He moved to Williamsburg in 1857, leaving the Columbus High School to take charge of a general store. Was teaching in the district schools at the opening of the Civil War and enlisted August 15, 1862, in Company Q, Twenty-eighth Iowa Infantry Volunteers, with the rank of sergeant. Participated in the Vicksburg campaign and was honorably discharged June 30, 1865, at Washington, D. C, while on detached services in the War Department. Taught school after his discharge until 1868, when he was elected to the office of Clerk of the District and Circuit Courts, to which office he was re-elected in 1870, 1872 and1874. Admitted to the bar at Marengo in 1875 and practiced his profession until 1884, at which time he entered the banking business, in which he is now engaged. Was a member of the House of Representatives in the Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies. Elected to the Senate in 1903, serving during the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second Assemblies. Introduced the anti-pass bill in the Twenty-eighth General Assembly and each session of the General Assembly until the Thirty-first, when the same became a law. A Republican in politics.

Senator from the Thirty-second District, composed of the county of Woodbury. Born in the village of Albany, Green county, Wisconsin. He is of English descent, his parents emigrating from Yorkshire, England, to Wisconsin, at an early date. His boyhood was spent in the village of Belleville, Dane county, Wisconsin, where he attended the public and select schools, working in a gristmill with his father during vacations. Also attended Ripon College, at Ripon, Wisconsin. Moved to Jefferson, Iowa, in January, 1884, where he studied law in the office of the Hon. Z. A. Church for the balance of that year, when he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Courts of Greene county, Iowa, under J. A. Henderson, Clerk, which position he filled for two terms, at the same time continuing his law studies. In 1888 he graduated from the Law Department of the State University of Iowa and returned to Jefferson and completed his services as Deputy Clerk. He then practiced law in Scranton, Iowa, for one year and moved to Sioux City in February, 1890, where he has since resided and continued in the practice of his profession. Was secretary of the Republican Central Committee of Woodbury county in 1898 and chairman of both City and County Republican Central Committees for several terms. Elected Senator in 1903 and served in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second General Assemblies. Married Miss Mary Isabelle Mangold of Sioux City in October, 1906. Is a member of the Sioux City Commercial Club, several social clubs, the Masonic orders, including the Knights Templar and Shrine, and the Elks Lodge.

Senator from the Thirty-second District, composed of the county of Woodbury. Born in the village of Albany, Green county, Wisconsin. He is of English descent, his parents emigrating from Yorkshire, England, to Wisconsin, at an early date. His boyhood was spent in the village of Belleville, Dane county, Wisconsin, where he attended the public and select schools, working in a gristmill with his father during vacations. Also attended Ripon College, at Ripon, Wisconsin. Moved to Jefferson, Iowa, in January, 1884, where he studied law in the office of the Hon. Z. A. Church for the balance of that year, when he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Courts of Greene county, Iowa, under J. A. Henderson, Clerk, which position he filled for two terms, at the same time continuing his law studies. In 1888 he graduated from the Law Department of the State University of Iowa and returned to Jefferson and completed his services as Deputy Clerk. He then practiced law in Scranton, Iowa, for one year and moved to Sioux City in February, 1890, where he has since resided and continued in the practice of his profession. Was secretary of the Republican Central Committee of Woodbury county in 1898 and chairman of both City and County Republican Central Committees for several terms. Elected Senator in 1903 and served in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second General Assemblies. Married Miss Mary Isabelle Mangold of Sioux City in October, 1906. Is a member of the Sioux City Commercial Club, several social clubs, the Masonic orders, including the Knights Templar and Shrine, and the Elks Lodge.