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HON. ROBERT J. JOHNSTON
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee appointed to prepare a memorial resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of Robert J. Johnston, of Humboldt County, Iowa, beg leave to submit the following:
Robert J. Johnston was born on the present site of Pittsburgh, Pa., January 13, 1856, and died November 2, 1924.
His parents, John and Jane (Porter) Johnston, were of Scotch-Irish ancestry.
He came to Iowa with his parents in the spring of 1856. They settled in the vicinity of Springvale (now Humboldt) which was his home during his entire life.
He was educated in the public schools of Humboldt and Humboldt College. He served as deputy county treasurer for one term, resigning that office in 1883 to enter the banking business. He was for several years chairman of the republican county central committee. He served for a number of years as a director of the State Agricultural Society and closed his term of service with the society by serving two years as vice president and one term as president.
He was a republican in polities and served in the House of Representatives in the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh General·Assemblies. He was married June 27, 1888, to Mary H. Stoddard. He is survived by his wife. The last act of his life was to make a stirring speech setting forth the principles of the republican party.
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That in the passing of the Honorable Robert J. Johnston, the state has lost a valuable and honored citizen, a man of strong character and sterling worth and the House would tender by this resolution its sympathy to the·widow who survives.
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions·be spread upon the Journal of the House as an expression of the life and worth of the deceased and copies thereof be transmitted to the widow of the deceased.
FRED C. LOVRIEN,
WM. E. G. SAUNDERS,
OSCAR ULSTAD,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted March 30, 1925.