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Representative Phineas F. Sturgis View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 2/8/1903
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 10 (1864)
Home County: Fayette
Phineas F. Sturgis
Fayette County

PHINEAS F. STURGIS was born in Fayette county, Pa., December 7, 1830; he died at West Union, Iowa, February 8, 1903. He was a pioneer, settling in West Union in 1851, where he was a successful merchant. He served in the Iowa house of representatives in the session of 1864. As a member of the board of trustees of the College for the Blind, at Vinton, he rendered the State an excellent service, running through many years. He was an active republican politician and a close friend of Gov. William Larrabee, U. S. Senator James F. Wilson, and other leaders of the time.

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House District 47
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10th GA (1864)
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10th GA (1864)