Samuel Horace Kinne

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State Senator
Democrat
Lawyer
Allamakee
17
01/14/1878 - 01/11/1880
41

Born in Butternuts, Oswego County, New York on February 18, 1832. He was admitted to the bar of that State in 1856. He was a well-educated and cultured gentleman. Mr. Kinne came to Lansing and entered the practice of law in 1857. For three terms he was Mayor of Lansing, and in the fall of 1871 was elected to the Senate of the Fourteenth General Assembly, and in the fall of 1875 was re-elected, serving in all eight years in the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth General Assemblies. He was a Democrat of the old school, and while he served in a Legislature that was overwhelmingly Republican, he was placed on some of the most important committees, performed his duties in an efficient manner, and was highly respected by his peers. During the Civil War he allied himself with what was known as the “War Democrat,” and heartily supported all measures for the suppression of the Rebellion. In 1872 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, which nominated Horace Greeley for President.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Senator
Democrat
Lawyer
Allamakee
16
01/10/1876 - 01/13/1878
41

Born in Butternuts, Oswego County, New York on February 18, 1832. He was admitted to the bar of that State in 1856. He was a well-educated and cultured gentleman. Mr. Kinne came to Lansing and entered the practice of law in 1857. For three terms he was Mayor of Lansing, and in the fall of 1871 was elected to the Senate of the Fourteenth General Assembly, and in the fall of 1875 was re-elected, serving in all eight years in the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth General Assemblies. He was a Democrat of the old school, and while he served in a Legislature that was overwhelmingly Republican, he was placed on some of the most important committees, performed his duties in an efficient manner, and was highly respected by his peers. During the Civil War he allied himself with what was known as the “War Democrat,” and heartily supported all measures for the suppression of the Rebellion. In 1872 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, which nominated Horace Greeley for President.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Senator
Democrat
Lawyer
Allamakee
15
01/12/1874 - 01/09/1876
41

Born in Butternuts, Oswego County, New York on February 18, 1832. He was admitted to the bar of that State in 1856. He was a well-educated and cultured gentleman. Mr. Kinne came to Lansing and entered the practice of law in 1857. For three terms he was Mayor of Lansing, and in the fall of 1871 was elected to the Senate of the Fourteenth General Assembly, and in the fall of 1875 was re-elected, serving in all eight years in the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth General Assemblies. He was a Democrat of the old school, and while he served in a Legislature that was overwhelmingly Republican, he was placed on some of the most important committees, performed his duties in an efficient manner, and was highly respected by his peers. During the Civil War he allied himself with what was known as the “War Democrat,” and heartily supported all measures for the suppression of the Rebellion. In 1872 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, which nominated Horace Greeley for President.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Senator
Democrat
Lawyer
Allamakee
14
01/08/1872 - 01/11/1874
41

Born in Butternuts, Oswego County, New York on February 18, 1832. He was admitted to the bar of that State in 1856. He was a well-educated and cultured gentleman. Mr. Kinne came to Lansing and entered the practice of law in 1857. For three terms he was Mayor of Lansing, and in the fall of 1871 was elected to the Senate of the Fourteenth General Assembly, and in the fall of 1875 was re-elected, serving in all eight years in the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth General Assemblies. He was a Democrat of the old school, and while he served in a Legislature that was overwhelmingly Republican, he was placed on some of the most important committees, performed his duties in an efficient manner, and was highly respected by his peers. During the Civil War he allied himself with what was known as the “War Democrat,” and heartily supported all measures for the suppression of the Rebellion. In 1872 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, which nominated Horace Greeley for President.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources