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Representative William Seth Finch View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 5/3/1945
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 37 (1917) - 38 (1919)
Home County: Ida
William Seth Finch
Ida County
Representative from Ida county. Was born February 14, 1858, on a farm in Whiteside county, Illinois. His education was acquired in the common and graded schools of that state. He came to Iowa in 1880, locating in Ida county and was a pioneer in the early settlement of that county. He has been engaged in farming and stock raising on the site of his present country home, for the past thirty-five years. Was elected to the legislature in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. A republican in politics.
House District 59
Committees
38th GA (1919)
Legislation Sponsored
38th GA (1919)