Representative Stephen Nelson Hinman View All Years
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Stephen Nelson Hinman
Wright County
From Wright county to the House comes the Hon. Stephen N. Hinman of Belmond, born in Vermont, in December, 1839, When a boy he was sent to the common schools and to the Derby seminary, Vermont. Very easily he was among the soldiers in the civil war, as he enlisted as a private in company A. 1st Connecticut cavalry in October, 1861. When discharged in August, 1865, he was serving as first lieutenant and aide decamp in the first brigade of the third cavalry division of the Army of the Potomac, being under the immediate command of the dashing General Custer. Coming to Iowa at the close of the war he bought a farm in Wright county and has lived there since. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workman, and is a deacon in the Congregational church. Always Republican in politics, he has voted and worked for the success of the party without seeking honors for himself. After being nominated for Representative in 1893 he was easily elected. There are several subjects on which he would like to see the laws of the State changed for the better, viz., banking, prohibition, assessments and the revenue laws; he is also an advocate of good roads and will do what he can to bring about change in the present system of caring for the highways of the state.
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