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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 12/17/1888
Birth Place: Cincinnati, Ohio
Party Affiliation: Anti-Monopoly
Assemblies Served:
House: 15 (1874)
Home County: Benton
Staats G. Burnet
Benton County
Born January 21, 1827 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Woodward College in Ohio. He was for many years been a prominent citizen of Benton County. He was elected to the Granger Legislature, and was chairman of the house railroad committee that reported the bill known as the Granger Tariff Law. He married Miss Isabella A. Bromwell in Cincinnati in 1852. He served in the 15th Iowa General Assembly, 1874.
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House District 51
Committees
15th GA (1874)
Legislation Sponsored
15th GA (1874)