Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature:Father: James McQuinn; GAs 8, 9
Byron Marcellus McQuinn
Benton County
From Benton county as Representative in the Twenty-fifth General Assembly comes the Hon. Byron Marcellus McQuinn. He was born in Pembroke, Washington county, Maine, September 24, 1848, and following the traditions of his native State he has always been a Republican. His parents were taken with the idea that the west afforded more opportunities than the east, so they moved out to Iowa and took up their residence in Benton county. Byron was sent to the public schools in Benton county, and after learning all he could there he attended the Agricultural college at Ames and McClain's academy at Iowa City. After leaving school he spent a while in teaching and then went into the mercantile line as a clerk. Before long he was a proprietor of a store for himself. Then he was appointed to the office of postmaster at Norway, which position he held for eight years. Since leaving that he has been in the grain and livestock business and is now engaged in selling agricultural implements. In addition to the office of postmaster he has been a justice of the peace and township clerk. The Republicans have always put him into these positions. Mr. McQuinn is a member of the Masons and Odd Fellows. Besides taking a great interest in the public highway legislation, the liquor question, assessments and taxes he wants to see the State institutions properly considered. He thinks the only thing to do is to improve them and make them serve the high purpose for which they have been established. Following out these lines in the legislature will give him plenty to do this winter, but as he comes here expecting to work that will be all the more satisfactory to him.
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