Senator William Darius Jamieson View All Years

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William Darius Jamieson

Page County

JOHN H. JACKSON Senator from the Thirty-second District, composed of the county of Woodbury, was born in the village of Albany, Green county, Wisconsin, June 30,1 863. He is of English descent, his parents emigrating from Yorkshire, England to Wisconsin, at an early date. His boyhood was spent in the village of Belleville, Dane county, Wisconsin, where he attended the public and select schools, working in a gristmill with his father during vacations. Also attended Ripon College, at Ripon, Wisconsin. Moved to Jefferson, Iowa, in January, 1884, where he studied law in the office of the Hon. Z. A. Church for the balance of that year, when he was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Courts of Greene county, Iowa, under J. A. Henderson, Clerk, which position he filled for two terms, at the same time continuing his law studies. In 1888 he graduated from the Law Department of the State University of Iowa and returned to Jefferson and completed his services as Deputy Clerk. He then practiced law in Scranton, Iowa, for one year and moved to. Sioux City in February, 1890, where he has since resided and continued in the practice of his profession. Was secretary of the Republican Central Committee of Woodbury county in 1898 and chairman of both City and County Republican Central Committees for several terms. Elected Senator in 1903 and served in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second General Assemblies. Married Miss Mary Isabelle Mangold of Sioux City in October, 1906. Is a member of the Sioux City Commercial Club, several social clubs, the Masonic orders, including the Knights Templar and Shrine, and the Elks Lodge. A Republican in politics.

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