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Permanent LinkRepresentative Charles Lattimer Root View All Years
CHARLES LATTIMER ROOT was born in Chester, Massachusetts, October 8, 1856, and died at Clinton, Iowa, February 28, 1922. He was a son of Aurelius C. Root. He was graduated from Northwestern University in 1878, read law with A. R. Cotton at Lyons, was admitted to the bar in 1879, and commenced practice at Lyons. In 1889 he organized a drill corps and was elected its captain. This organization won many premiums for excellence in drill. It escorted Governor Boies in his visit to the Columbian Exposition. In 1893 he organized the Root Land Company and became an extensive and successful real estate dealer and business man. He was mayor of Lyons from 1890 to 1894, was elected representative in 1893 and served in the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, and was an alderman-at-large of Clinton during 1896 and 1897. He organized Company L, First Regiment, Iowa National Guard, but failing to pass the physical examination, was thus prevented from entering the Spanish-American War.