Representative David Meredith View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 4/18/1935

Birth Place: Searsboro, Iowa

Birth County: Poweshiek

Party Affiliation: Republican

Assemblies Served:
Senate: 38 (1919) - 39 (1921)

House: 35 (1913)
37 (1917)

Home County: Jasper

David Meredith

Jasper County

Representative of Jasper county, Iowa, was born in Poweshiek county, Iowa in 1867. His father was a native of North Carolina and his mother a native of Indiana. They moved to Iowa in 1857 and settled on a farm in Poweshiek county where they resided until 1881, when they moved to Jasper county, Iowa. Graduated from the high school at Lynnville, Iowa in 1887 and during the year following his graduation attended Penn College at Oskaloosa, Iowa. Leaving there he returned to Jasper county where he took charge of his father's farm and live stock business which has been his principal business since that time. He has filled the office of township trustee, member of the town council and other minor offices prior to his election in 1912 as representative from Jasper county. Was re-elected to that office in 1916. A republican in politics.

House District 38