Representative J. W. Krieger View All Years

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J. W. Krieger

Chickasaw County

Born July 30, 1855, in Davenport, Iowa, a son of Gerhard and Mary Anna (Brus) Krieger. The family removed to Davenport, Iowa, where the father engaged in carpentering until his son, J. W. Krieger, was ten years of age, when the father began agricultural pursuits, purchasing forty acres of land three miles from Davenport. J. W. Krieger spent the period of his minority under the parental roof and when he had attained the age of twenty-one years began working as a farm hand for others. After a year, however, he rented eighty acres and cultivated this tract for two years prior to his marriage. He completed his arrangements for having a home of his own by his marriage on the 28th of April, 1880, to Miss Mary T. Pappenheim. Following his marriage Mr. Krieger and his bride took up their abode upon one of his father's farms in New Hampton Township, and this he continued to develop and improve as a renter until his father retired and gave the farm to his son. For fourteen years he occupied the position of secretary of the New Hampton Farmers' Creamery Association and contributed in marked measure to the success of that business. He was also the vice president of the Chickasaw County Mutual Fire Insurance Company of New Hampton. As the years passed Mr. and Mrs. Krieger had become the parents of four children. Mr. Krieger and his family are members of St. Mary's Catholic church of New Hampton. He belongs to Knights of Columbus Council No. 169 7 of New Hampton and also to the Catholic Order of Foresters at New Hampton. His political allegiance is given to the Democratic Party and he has long been recognized as one of the leaders in local political circles. He filled the office of township trustee of New Hampton Township and served as a member of the board of county supervisors for six years, from 1891 until 1897. He was appointed assessor of Dayton Township to fill out an unexpired term of a year and at the end of that time he was elected and by reelection was continued in the office for four consecutive terms of two years each, covering the period from 1899 to 1908. For three terms of two years each, from 1913 until 1919, he was a member of the city council of New Hampton and still higher political honors were also accorded him, for through two years he served as a member of the state legislature and was a member of various important committees during the sessions of the twenty-seventh assembly. Over his official career there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. He has been loyal to the trust reposed in him and has placed the public welfare before partisanship and has made self-aggrandizement subservient to the general good.

House District 86