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Julius J. Matthews

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State Senator
Republican
Physician
Clinton
6
12/01/1856 - 01/10/1858
23

Physician and surgeon. He was born January 8, 1826, in Perry County, Ohio. In 1835, he went to Indiana, and then in 1839 to Iowa City, and in 1852, he removed to Lyons. He commenced the study of medicine in 1848, and graduated in 1852, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa. He has been Postmaster here, from 1867 to 1879, and was elected in 1854, a member of the State Senate, and served four years. He was an Alderman, and a member of the Board of Education. Dr. Matthews married Miss P. L. Sanders in November, 1856, in Iowa City.

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State Senator
Whig
Physician
Clinton
5
12/04/1854 - 11/30/1856
18

Physician and surgeon. He was born January 8, 1826, in Perry County, Ohio. In 1835, he went to Indiana, and then in 1839 to Iowa City, and in 1852, he removed to Lyons. He commenced the study of medicine in 1848, and graduated in 1852, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa. He has been Postmaster here, from 1867 to 1879, and was elected in 1854, a member of the State Senate, and served four years. He was an Alderman, and a member of the Board of Education. Dr. Matthews married Miss P. L. Sanders in November, 1856, in Iowa City.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources