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EMORY H. ENGLISH
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Emory H. English, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Emory H. English was born on January 15, 1871, in Altoona, Iowa. A Republican, he was the first native-born Representative from Polk County, and served in the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and Thirty-first sessions of the General Assembly.
On April 24, 1895, he married Marie Belle Carter, and to this union was born one son.
Mr. English was the Iowa state printer, the first state insurance commissioner, editor of the Annals of Iowa, and the state historical department magazine. In 1912, he was appointed secretary to Governor George W. Clarke.
Mr. English was a member of the Greater Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, (serving as president in 1924), a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Des Moines Club, the Des Moines Rotary Club, and the Church of the Disciples of Christ.
Mr. English died December 26, 1966. Mrs. English preceded him in death. Surviving is a son, Wade H. English, of Des Moines.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIXTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Emory H. English, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
BERNARD J. O’MALLEY,
CHARLES F. GLENN,
THOMAS A. RENDA,
Committee.