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Permanent LinkJohn D. Glass
| Lawyer | |
| Cerro Gordo | |
| 21 | |
| 01/11/1886 - 01/08/1888 | |
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Born in Monroe County, Ohio, November 3, 1844, and died at Mason City, Iowa, June 11, 1918. When about ten years old he accompanied his parents in their removal to a farm near Postville, Clayton County, Iowa. He attended common school in Clayton County. In 1865 he entered the Academic Department of the State University of Iowa and, in 1869, the Law Department, and graduated in 1870. Soon thereafter he began the practice of law with Hon. William E. Fuller at West Union, but in October, 1871, removed to Mason City, and entered the practice there, continuing until September, 1916. He was an active member of the Baptist church, and was superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty years. He was mayor of Mason City from 1877 to 1879, was elected state senator in 1883, serving in the Twentieth and Twenty-first General Assemblies, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888. He was active in politics in city, county, and state. He was organizer of the Mason City Building & Loan Association and its president many years.
| Lawyer | |
| Cerro Gordo | |
| 20 | |
| 01/14/1884 - 01/10/1886 | |
| 43 |
Born in Monroe County, Ohio, November 3, 1844, and died at Mason City, Iowa, June 11, 1918. When about ten years old he accompanied his parents in their removal to a farm near Postville, Clayton County, Iowa. He attended common school in Clayton County. In 1865 he entered the Academic Department of the State University of Iowa and, in 1869, the Law Department, and graduated in 1870. Soon thereafter he began the practice of law with Hon. William E. Fuller at West Union, but in October, 1871, removed to Mason City, and entered the practice there, continuing until September, 1916. He was an active member of the Baptist church, and was superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty years. He was mayor of Mason City from 1877 to 1879, was elected state senator in 1883, serving in the Twentieth and Twenty-first General Assemblies, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888. He was active in politics in city, county, and state. He was organizer of the Mason City Building & Loan Association and its president many years.