Representative Reuben A. Lenocker View All Years

Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 5/14/1932

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Assemblies Served:
House: 36 (1915) - 37 (1917)

Home County: Madison

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Cousin: Alfred A. Lenocker; GAs 34, 35

Reuben A. Lenocker

Madison County

REUBEN A. LENOCKER was born in Holmes County, Ohio, October 7, 1864, and died in Winterset, Iowa, May 14 1932. Burial was at Dexter. His parents were Godfrey Fred and Suvilla Drushel Lenocker. The family removed to Henry County, Illinois, in 1866, and to Penn Township, Madison County, Iowa, in 1869. Reuben was educated in rural public school and the Dexter Normal School. He taught eight terms of school in the country schools in Penn Township. Farming and stock raising constituted his business, and in this he was quite successful. He took an interest in public affairs and served in 1907 and 1908 as a member of Madison County Board of Supervisors. In 1914 he was elected representative and was re-elected in 1916, serving in the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh general assemblies. Being a life-long Democrat and three times elected to important public position in a county overwhelmingly Republican, was indicative of the high regard in which he was held. For twenty-nine years he was secretary of his local school board, or until he removed to Winterset in 1919.

House District 28