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Representative James Dunne View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 12/5/1899
Birth Place: Clonmore, Ireland
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 13 (1870)
Home County: Jackson
James Dunne
Jackson County

JAMES DUNNE a prominent citizen of Jackson county, died at his home in Otter Creek, December 5, 1899. He was born in Ireland, January 21, 1823, came to America in 1843, and in 1854 settled in Jackson county. He was recognized as one of the leading Democrats of the State, and was once offered the Democratic nomination for governor, which he declined. For twenty years he served on the board of county supervisors, and was a member of the Thirteenth General Assembly of Iowa, in which he bore a notable part as a friend of the project to erect the new capitol.

Sources:
House District 32
Committees
13th GA (1870)
Legislation Sponsored
13th GA (1870)