The well known senator from Allamakee, chairman of the code supervising committee, which had charge of the new code of 1897, is a man of great force of character, who has commanded attention and admiration because of his valuable services to the state in the legislature. He was born at Bloomingdale, Ill., November 29, 1858. His parents were of sturdy Welsh-English stock, and he inherits their courage and energy. He had but little schooling in his childhood, living on a farm and starting out at the age of 12 as a farm hand at $10 a month, supporting himself from this time on. In 1872 he went to Chickasaw county, where he worked on a farm and attended school until he had qualified himself for teacher. He was principal of the Farley, Dubuque county, and Delaware, Delaware county, schools for several years. He attended Bradford academy, in Bradford, Iowa, and Lenox college, in Hopkinton, Iowa. During all this time he was working toward the accomplishment of his ambition to be a lawyer, and in 1881, having saved something to carry him through financially, he entered the law office of Robinson & Powers, of Dubuque, and a year later was admitted to practice. He located at Earlville, Delaware county, and began the practice of which he has made a most enviable success. He was married in April, 1883, to Miss Mattie E. Rector, a woman of great mental ability and who has been of aid to her husband in his success. They have one son, Harold Rector, 7 years old. In 1889 Mr. Trewin felt the need of a larger field and removed to his present home, Lansing. He has held the offices of mayor of Earlville and city attorney of Lansing. He was selected in 1893 to be the republican nominee for member of the house from Allamakee county, and elected, running far ahead of his ticket and defeating one of the strongest democrats in northeastern Iowa, Hon. J. P. Dayton. In the house that winter he was recognized as one of the ablest men and was made chairman of the committee on municipal corporations. He was also prominently identified with the passage of the mulct law, and it was he who secured the passage of the bill providing for the codifying of the laws by a commission. Two years later he was elected to the senate from the district composed of the counties of Allamakee and Fayette. He was appointed chairman of the committee on schools and did most effective work there. He was an important man in the regular and extra sessions, and it was he who took charge of the measure reported by a special committee, of which he was a member, providing for the annotation and publication of the code by the state. He was elected chairman of the joint legislative committee which had charge of the publication of the code and followed it to a successful completion, a work of which he may well be proud. In fact, Senator Trewin has been called the "father of the code." He and his estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is identified with the Knights Templars, Shriners, and Knights of Pythias. Last session he served on the committees on cities and towns, highways, penitentiaries and pardons, fish and game, code revision, and semi-centennial and memorial hall.

The well known senator from Allamakee, chairman of the code supervising committee, which had charge of the new code of 1897, is a man of great force of character, who has commanded attention and admiration because of his valuable services to the state in the legislature. He was born at Bloomingdale, Ill., November 29, 1858. His parents were of sturdy Welsh-English stock, and he inherits their courage and energy. He had but little schooling in his childhood, living on a farm and starting out at the age of 12 as a farm hand at $10 a month, supporting himself from this time on. In 1872 he went to Chickasaw county, where he worked on a farm and attended school until he had qualified himself for teacher. He was principal of the Farley, Dubuque county, and Delaware, Delaware county, schools for several years. He attended Bradford academy, in Bradford, Iowa, and Lenox college, in Hopkinton, Iowa. During all this time he was working toward the accomplishment of his ambition to be a lawyer, and in 1881, having saved something to carry him through financially, he entered the law office of Robinson & Powers, of Dubuque, and a year later was admitted to practice. He located at Earlville, Delaware county, and began the practice of which he has made a most enviable success. He was married in April, 1883, to Miss Mattie E. Rector, a woman of great mental ability and who has been of aid to her husband in his success. They have one son, Harold Rector, 7 years old. In 1889 Mr. Trewin felt the need of a larger field and removed to his present home, Lansing. He has held the offices of mayor of Earlville and city attorney of Lansing. He was selected in 1893 to be the republican nominee for member of the house from Allamakee county, and elected, running far ahead of his ticket and defeating one of the strongest democrats in northeastern Iowa, Hon. J. P. Dayton. In the house that winter he was recognized as one of the ablest men and was made chairman of the committee on municipal corporations. He was also prominently identified with the passage of the mulct law, and it was he who secured the passage of the bill providing for the codifying of the laws by a commission. Two years later he was elected to the senate from the district composed of the counties of Allamakee and Fayette. He was appointed chairman of the committee on schools and did most effective work there. He was an important man in the regular and extra sessions, and it was he who took charge of the measure reported by a special committee, of which he was a member, providing for the annotation and publication of the code by the state. He was elected chairman of the joint legislative committee which had charge of the publication of the code and followed it to a successful completion, a work of which he may well be proud. In fact, Senator Trewin has been called the "father of the code." He and his estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is identified with the Knights Templars, Shriners, and Knights of Pythias. Last session he served on the committees on cities and towns, highways, penitentiaries and pardons, fish and game, code revision, and semi-centennial and memorial hall.

The well known senator from Allamakee, chairman of the code supervising committee, which had charge of the new code of 1897, is a man of great force of character, who has commanded attention and admiration because of his valuable services to the state in the legislature. He was born at Bloomingdale, Ill., November 29, 1858. His parents were of sturdy Welsh-English stock, and he inherits their courage and energy. He had but little schooling in his childhood, living on a farm and starting out at the age of 12 as a farm hand at $10 a month, supporting himself from this time on. In 1872 he went to Chickasaw county, where he worked on a farm and attended school until he had qualified himself for teacher. He was principal of the Farley, Dubuque county, and Delaware, Delaware county, schools for several years. He attended Bradford academy, in Bradford, Iowa, and Lenox college, in Hopkinton, Iowa. During all this time he was working toward the accomplishment of his ambition to be a lawyer, and in 1881, having saved something to carry him through financially, he entered the law office of Robinson & Powers, of Dubuque, and a year later was admitted to practice. He located at Earlville, Delaware county, and began the practice of which he has made a most enviable success. He was married in April, 1883, to Miss Mattie E. Rector, a woman of great mental ability and who has been of aid to her husband in his success. They have one son, Harold Rector, 7 years old. In 1889 Mr. Trewin felt the need of a larger field and removed to his present home, Lansing. He has held the offices of mayor of Earlville and city attorney of Lansing. He was selected in 1893 to be the republican nominee for member of the house from Allamakee county, and elected, running far ahead of his ticket and defeating one of the strongest democrats in northeastern Iowa, Hon. J. P. Dayton. In the house that winter he was recognized as one of the ablest men and was made chairman of the committee on municipal corporations. He was also prominently identified with the passage of the mulct law, and it was he who secured the passage of the bill providing for the codifying of the laws by a commission. Two years later he was elected to the senate from the district composed of the counties of Allamakee and Fayette. He was appointed chairman of the committee on schools and did most effective work there. He was an important man in the regular and extra sessions, and it was he who took charge of the measure reported by a special committee, of which he was a member, providing for the annotation and publication of the code by the state. He was elected chairman of the joint legislative committee which had charge of the publication of the code and followed it to a successful completion, a work of which he may well be proud. In fact, Senator Trewin has been called the "father of the code." He and his estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is identified with the Knights Templars, Shriners, and Knights of Pythias. Last session he served on the committees on cities and towns, highways, penitentiaries and pardons, fish and game, code revision, and semi-centennial and memorial hall.

The well known senator from Allamakee, chairman of the code supervising committee, which had charge of the new code of 1897, is a man of great force of character, who has commanded attention and admiration because of his valuable services to the state in the legislature. He was born at Bloomingdale, Ill., November 29, 1858. His parents were of sturdy Welsh-English stock, and he inherits their courage and energy. He had but little schooling in his childhood, living on a farm and starting out at the age of 12 as a farm hand at $10 a month, supporting himself from this time on. In 1872 he went to Chickasaw county, where he worked on a farm and attended school until he had qualified himself for teacher. He was principal of the Farley, Dubuque county, and Delaware, Delaware county, schools for several years. He attended Bradford academy, in Bradford, Iowa, and Lenox college, in Hopkinton, Iowa. During all this time he was working toward the accomplishment of his ambition to be a lawyer, and in 1881, having saved something to carry him through financially, he entered the law office of Robinson & Powers, of Dubuque, and a year later was admitted to practice. He located at Earlville, Delaware county, and began the practice of which he has made a most enviable success. He was married in April, 1883, to Miss Mattie E. Rector, a woman of great mental ability and who has been of aid to her husband in his success. They have one son, Harold Rector, 7 years old. In 1889 Mr. Trewin felt the need of a larger field and removed to his present home, Lansing. He has held the offices of mayor of Earlville and city attorney of Lansing. He was selected in 1893 to be the republican nominee for member of the house from Allamakee county, and elected, running far ahead of his ticket and defeating one of the strongest democrats in northeastern Iowa, Hon. J. P. Dayton. In the house that winter he was recognized as one of the ablest men and was made chairman of the committee on municipal corporations. He was also prominently identified with the passage of the mulct law, and it was he who secured the passage of the bill providing for the codifying of the laws by a commission. Two years later he was elected to the senate from the district composed of the counties of Allamakee and Fayette. He was appointed chairman of the committee on schools and did most effective work there. He was an important man in the regular and extra sessions, and it was he who took charge of the measure reported by a special committee, of which he was a member, providing for the annotation and publication of the code by the state. He was elected chairman of the joint legislative committee which had charge of the publication of the code and followed it to a successful completion, a work of which he may well be proud. In fact, Senator Trewin has been called the "father of the code." He and his estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is identified with the Knights Templars, Shriners, and Knights of Pythias. Last session he served on the committees on cities and towns, highways, penitentiaries and pardons, fish and game, code revision, and semi-centennial and memorial hall.

Born in DuPage County, Illinois, November 29, 1858. His education was gained in the public schools, Bradford Academy, Bradford, Iowa, Cedar Valley Seminary, Osage, Iowa, and Lenox College, Hopkinton, Iowa. He began life as a teacher in Chickasaw county at the age of 16, and continued in that profession until he was 22. The latter part of his teaching was in Dubuque county. Here he was admitted to the bar April 27, 1883. He located at Earlville and continued in practice there till 1889 and was mayor of the town during the last two years of his residence there. Soon after his removal to Lansing he was chosen president of the school board. He was married in April, 1883, to Miss Kattie Rector of Earlville. In Masonic circles Mr. Trewin is held in high esteem. He is a member of the blue lodge, has attained the Knight Templar degree and is among the Mystic Shriners. At the last session of the Iowa grand lodge he was chairman of the committee on appeals and grievances and is now a member of the committee on Masonic jurisprudence. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Waukon. It is a matter of considerable pride with him that he was elected in what has been considered a Democratic county over such a strong competitor as the Hon. John F. Dayton, who was elected to the three preceding legislatures by a very flattering vote. Mr. Trewin stands high in the estimation of Allamakee county people and if he follows out the policy which has guided him previously in his work he will give the best of satisfaction as Representative.