One of the best known democratic politicians in the state of Iowa is the Hon. L. R. Bolter of Logan, who has served the state long and well in legislation. Politically he is known as the ''Old Roman.'' Senator Bolter was born in Richland county, Ohio, but was raised and educated in Cass county, Michigan. When he was seventeen years old he crossed the plains, going to California, which state was his home for nearly three years. At the expiration of that time he returned to Michigan and studied law in the office of S. C. Coffenberry, at Constantine, St. Joseph county. He was married to Miss Caroline J. Rhinehart of that state, in 1856. His family consists of his wife and three children, one daughter and two sons, all of whom are married. He, with the two sons, C. R. and C. A., constitute the law firm of Bolter & Sons, one of the strongest legal firms in western Iowa. In 1863 Senator Bolter removed from Michigan to Harrison county, Iowa, which has ever since been his home, and where he has always identified himself with everything of progress to his locality. His paternal grandfather, whose full name he bears, enlisted under Washington in 1777, when sixteen years old, and remained under his command till the close of the Revolutionary war. He was severely wounded in the battle of Brandywine and died in 1841, and was buried in Cass county, Michigan, with the British lead in his body which he received during that sanguinary engagement. In 1865 Senator Bolter was elected as the democratic member of the house, from what was. then the Sixty-third district, composed of Harrison and Shelby counties, serving as house member of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was elected to the same position and served in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth General Assemblies, in all five terms, a remarkable record of legislation. He was elected to the senate from Harrison and Shelby counties, and served in that body in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second General Assemblies. After this he was elected from the senatorial district composed of Harrison, Crawford and Monona counties, and served in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth General Assemblies. Last fall he was re-elected from the same district, making a record that no other man in this entire Assembly or state possesses. He was the democratic candidate for congress in 1876, in what was then the Eighth Congressional district, and though defeated, ran ahead of the presidential ticket about 3,000 votes. In 1896 he was a candidate for judge of the supreme court on the Bryan ticket, but shared the fate of the balance of that ticket in Iowa. Senator Bolter has always been a democrat, and elected to the offices he has held as such, but has never been a candidate when his party has been in the majority till last fall. He has been continuously in the practice of law for thirty-four years, and in that time has had seventy-four cases in the Iowa supreme court and has won sixty-two of them. Senator Bolter needs no introduction to his colleagues, other than the excellent political reputation, as well as that of a private citizen, which he bears throughout Iowa. His nephew, Hon. G. H. Smith, represents Harrison county in the house this winter.

One of the best known democratic politicians in the state of Iowa is the Hon. L. R. Bolter of Logan, who has served the state long and well in legislation. Politically he is known as the ''Old Roman.'' Senator Bolter was born in Richland county, Ohio, but was raised and educated in Cass county, Michigan. When he was seventeen years old he crossed the plains, going to California, which state was his home for nearly three years. At the expiration of that time he returned to Michigan and studied law in the office of S. C. Coffenberry, at Constantine, St. Joseph county. He was married to Miss Caroline J. Rhinehart of that state, in 1856. His family consists of his wife and three children, one daughter and two sons, all of whom are married. He, with the two sons, C. R. and C. A., constitute the law firm of Bolter & Sons, one of the strongest legal firms in western Iowa. In 1863 Senator Bolter removed from Michigan to Harrison county, Iowa, which has ever since been his home, and where he has always identified himself with everything of progress to his locality. His paternal grandfather, whose full name he bears, enlisted under Washington in 1777, when sixteen years old, and remained under his command till the close of the Revolutionary war. He was severely wounded in the battle of Brandywine and died in 1841, and was buried in Cass county, Michigan, with the British lead in his body which he received during that sanguinary engagement. In 1865 Senator Bolter was elected as the democratic member of the house, from what was. then the Sixty-third district, composed of Harrison and Shelby counties, serving as house member of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was elected to the same position and served in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth General Assemblies, in all five terms, a remarkable record of legislation. He was elected to the senate from Harrison and Shelby counties, and served in that body in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second General Assemblies. After this he was elected from the senatorial district composed of Harrison, Crawford and Monona counties, and served in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth General Assemblies. Last fall he was re-elected from the same district, making a record that no other man in this entire Assembly or state possesses. He was the democratic candidate for congress in 1876, in what was then the Eighth Congressional district, and though defeated, ran ahead of the presidential ticket about 3,000 votes. In 1896 he was a candidate for judge of the supreme court on the Bryan ticket, but shared the fate of the balance of that ticket in Iowa. Senator Bolter has always been a democrat, and elected to the offices he has held as such, but has never been a candidate when his party has been in the majority till last fall. He has been continuously in the practice of law for thirty-four years, and in that time has had seventy-four cases in the Iowa supreme court and has won sixty-two of them. Senator Bolter needs no introduction to his colleagues, other than the excellent political reputation, as well as that of a private citizen, which he bears throughout Iowa. His nephew, Hon. G. H. Smith, represents Harrison county in the house this winter.

Born in Richland County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He received a college education and taught for a short time. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California, remaining there two years. He returned to the States in 1854, taught in Michigan and studied law. Mr. Bolter became a resident of Iowa in 1863, locating on a farm in Harrison County. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and the same year was elected Representative in the House of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was a member of the House in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies and a member of the Senate in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth General Assemblies. He enjoyed the distinction of having served more terms in the Iowa Legislature than any other citizen, having been a member twenty-two years in the aggregate. Mr. Bolter was nominated by the Democrats of the Eighth District for Congress in 1876 but was defeated. He was a life-long Democrat and one of the leaders of his party in the State for a quarter of a century. He died on the 29th of April, 1901.

Born in Richland County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He received a college education and taught for a short time. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California, remaining there two years. He returned to the States in 1854, taught in Michigan and studied law. Mr. Bolter became a resident of Iowa in 1863, locating on a farm in Harrison County. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and the same year was elected Representative in the House of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was a member of the House in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies and a member of the Senate in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth General Assemblies. He enjoyed the distinction of having served more terms in the Iowa Legislature than any other citizen, having been a member twenty-two years in the aggregate. Mr. Bolter was nominated by the Democrats of the Eighth District for Congress in 1876 but was defeated. He was a life-long Democrat and one of the leaders of his party in the State for a quarter of a century. He died on the 29th of April, 1901.

Born in Richland County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He received a college education and taught for a short time. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California, remaining there two years. He returned to the States in 1854, taught in Michigan and studied law. Mr. Bolter became a resident of Iowa in 1863, locating on a farm in Harrison County. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and the same year was elected Representative in the House of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was a member of the House in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies and a member of the Senate in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth General Assemblies. He enjoyed the distinction of having served more terms in the Iowa Legislature than any other citizen, having been a member twenty-two years in the aggregate. Mr. Bolter was nominated by the Democrats of the Eighth District for Congress in 1876 but was defeated. He was a life-long Democrat and one of the leaders of his party in the State for a quarter of a century. He died on the 29th of April, 1901.

Born in Richland County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He received a college education and taught for a short time. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California, remaining there two years. He returned to the States in 1854, taught in Michigan and studied law. Mr. Bolter became a resident of Iowa in 1863, locating on a farm in Harrison County. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and the same year was elected Representative in the House of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was a member of the House in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies and a member of the Senate in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth General Assemblies. He enjoyed the distinction of having served more terms in the Iowa Legislature than any other citizen, having been a member twenty-two years in the aggregate. Mr. Bolter was nominated by the Democrats of the Eighth District for Congress in 1876 but was defeated. He was a life-long Democrat and one of the leaders of his party in the State for a quarter of a century. He died on the 29th of April, 1901.

Born in Richland County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He received a college education and taught for a short time. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California, remaining there two years. He returned to the States in 1854, taught in Michigan and studied law. Mr. Bolter became a resident of Iowa in 1863, locating on a farm in Harrison County. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and the same year was elected Representative in the House of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was a member of the House in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies and a member of the Senate in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth General Assemblies. He enjoyed the distinction of having served more terms in the Iowa Legislature than any other citizen, having been a member twenty-two years in the aggregate. Mr. Bolter was nominated by the Democrats of the Eighth District for Congress in 1876 but was defeated. He was a life-long Democrat and one of the leaders of his party in the State for a quarter of a century. He died on the 29th of April, 1901.

Born in Richland County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He received a college education and taught for a short time. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California, remaining there two years. He returned to the States in 1854, taught in Michigan and studied law. Mr. Bolter became a resident of Iowa in 1863, locating on a farm in Harrison County. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and the same year was elected Representative in the House of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was a member of the House in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies and a member of the Senate in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth General Assemblies. He enjoyed the distinction of having served more terms in the Iowa Legislature than any other citizen, having been a member twenty-two years in the aggregate. Mr. Bolter was nominated by the Democrats of the Eighth District for Congress in 1876 but was defeated. He was a life-long Democrat and one of the leaders of his party in the State for a quarter of a century. He died on the 29th of April, 1901.

Born in Richland County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He received a college education and taught for a short time. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California, remaining there two years. He returned to the States in 1854, taught in Michigan and studied law. Mr. Bolter became a resident of Iowa in 1863, locating on a farm in Harrison County. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and the same year was elected Representative in the House of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was a member of the House in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies and a member of the Senate in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth General Assemblies. He enjoyed the distinction of having served more terms in the Iowa Legislature than any other citizen, having been a member twenty-two years in the aggregate. Mr. Bolter was nominated by the Democrats of the Eighth District for Congress in 1876 but was defeated. He was a life-long Democrat and one of the leaders of his party in the State for a quarter of a century. He died on the 29th of April, 1901.

Born in Richland County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He received a college education and taught for a short time. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California, remaining there two years. He returned to the States in 1854, taught in Michigan and studied law. Mr. Bolter became a resident of Iowa in 1863, locating on a farm in Harrison County. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and the same year was elected Representative in the House of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was a member of the House in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies and a member of the Senate in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth General Assemblies. He enjoyed the distinction of having served more terms in the Iowa Legislature than any other citizen, having been a member twenty-two years in the aggregate. Mr. Bolter was nominated by the Democrats of the Eighth District for Congress in 1876 but was defeated. He was a life-long Democrat and one of the leaders of his party in the State for a quarter of a century. He died on the 29th of April, 1901.

Born in Richland County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He received a college education and taught for a short time. In 1852 he made the overland trip to California, remaining there two years. He returned to the States in 1854, taught in Michigan and studied law. Mr. Bolter became a resident of Iowa in 1863, locating on a farm in Harrison County. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and the same year was elected Representative in the House of the Eleventh General Assembly. He was a member of the House in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies and a member of the Senate in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth General Assemblies. He enjoyed the distinction of having served more terms in the Iowa Legislature than any other citizen, having been a member twenty-two years in the aggregate. Mr. Bolter was nominated by the Democrats of the Eighth District for Congress in 1876 but was defeated. He was a life-long Democrat and one of the leaders of his party in the State for a quarter of a century. He died on the 29th of April, 1901.