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HON. HORACE E. TEACHOUT.
TO THE SPEAKER—Your committee appointed to prepare appropriate resolutions in memory of the late Horace E. Teachout, beg leave to submit the following report:
Horace E. Teachout was born January 5, 1846, in Oneida County, New York, and died at his home in the City of Des Moines, February 22, 1917. Born and raised on a farm, he entered Poughkeepsie Business College in his twentieth year.
He married when twenty-three years of age, and came to Des Moines in August, 1876. He was very successful, and was connected with many business enterprises of prominence in his home city. He installed at Dess Moines the first electric street car system in Iowa, in 1886. He was active in banking and trust company circles in many cities in the state, and served as a member of the Board of Supervisors from 1895 to 1899.
He was elected to the House of Representatives in the Twenty-ninht general assembly in 1900, and twice re-elected.
Mr. Teachout’s ancestry was Scotch and German, which gave him a vigorous, strong personality which made itself felt in every phase of his active career. He was a man of great good nature and personal charm, and leaves a deep impress upon the life of Polk County.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Imogene Waldo Teachout, and one son, Herbert H. Teachout, of Des Moines.
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-seventh general assembly:
That in the death of Horace E. Teachout we would express our sense of loss sustained by the State by the passing of one of its strongest men, whose life reflected the sterling qualities of American Citizenship, and we would here extend to his family our sincere sympathy.
The Clerk of the House is hereby directed to enter these resolutions upon the Journal of the House and forward a copy thereof to the family of decedent.
J. B. WEAVER,
DALE R. ANDRE,
GEO. W. CROZIER,
Committee.
Adopted March 29, 1917.