Representative Otha D. Wearin View All Years

Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 4/3/1990

Birth Place: Hastings, Iowa

Birth County: Mills

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Assemblies Served:
House: 43 (1929) - 44 (1931)

Home County: Mills

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Uncle: Albert B. Washburn; GAs 30, 31; Cousins: Henry W. Washburn; GAs 53 - 56; Edward A. Wearin; GAs 59, 60

Otha D. Wearin

Mills County

Representative from Mills county, born on a farm near Hastings, Iowa, January 10, 1903. Attended country school, graduated from Tabor college academy in 1920, received B.A. degree from Grinnell college 1924. Associated in operation of Wearin farms and is still continuing in that capacity. Elected treasurer of rural school district. Has served as vice-president, secretary, and president of Mills county farm bureau. Delegate to Iowa state democratic convention 1924, 1926 and 1928. Assistant secretary of Iowa state democratic convention 1928. Traveled abroad in 1927 studying farm production and doing research in International Institute of Agriculture at Rome. Editor of weekly syndicate "An Iowa Farmer in Foreign Fields," 1927. Author, "An Iowa Farmer Abroad" Member, Iowa State Historical Society, Valley Forge Historical Society, and American Peace Foundation. A democrat in politics.

House District 11