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Walter F. Harriman
Franklin County
A conspicuous statesman in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth General Assemblies on the floor of the house was the Hon. W. P. Harriman, of Hampton. Two years ago, when casting about for the right man to send to the senate, the republicans of Franklin, Cerro Gordo and Hancock counties decided they could do no better than to elect Senator Harriman to that position. He brought to the legislative work a fund of experience from an active professional and business life. He was born in Warner, N. H., August 16, 1841, and came to this state thirty-seven years ago. He received his education in the Warner public and high school, and the New London Literary and Scientific institution. In 1860 his parents removed to Iowa and located at Rockford. There the senator taught school for several years, then studied law, and was admitted to practice in 1869. He practiced law fifteen years, then he engaged in farming and fine stock raising. He was married in December, 1865, to Miss Ellen E. Mitchell, and they have three sons. He is identified with the Masonic and I. O. O. F. lodges, and belongs to the Congregational church. He has held various county and city offices, and was a member of the special committee from the house six years ago on the world's fair, where he did exemplary work. He has been actively connected with the Iowa state fair organization, and to his untiring efforts is due much of the appropriation from the state. He is an earnest and convincing talker, and has served his constituents faithfully and well the past few years. Last term he was chairman of the committee on highways, and served on the committees on judiciary, appropriations, agriculture, public health, and horticulture and forestry. He is a valuable man in the republican party, and a public spirited man in his life as a citizen.
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