Senator Edwin R. Hicklin View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 9/19/1963

Birth Place: Wapello, Iowa

Birth County: Wapello

Party Affiliation: Republican

Assemblies Served:
Senate: 44 (1931) - 45 (1933)

Home County: Louisa

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Son: Edwin A. Hicklin; GA 62; Brother: Millard F. Hicklin; GAs 50 - 53

Edwin R. Hicklin

Louisa County

EDWIN REICHLEY HICKLIN

MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Edwin Reichley Hicklin, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

Edwin Reichley Hicklin was born in Wapello, Iowa, March 1, 1895, where he resided his entire life.

He was married to Irene Anderson from Dayton, Iowa, in 1919 and was the father of three sons, Edwin A., who resides and practices law at Wapello, Iowa; Dr. Martin D., with the United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia; Charles W., commercial artist, Chicago, Illinois; and a daughter, Portia, who died in infancy.

Mr. Hicklin graduated from Wapello High School, Drake University with a B.A. degree, and the University of Iowa Law School in 1917.

He served in both World Wars I and II.

Mr. Hicklin practiced law at Wapello, Iowa, where he served as a member of the Republican State Central Committee. He was the state chairman of the successful campaign for the nomination and election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. He served as County Attorney in 1922 and 1924, and in the Iowa State Senate in the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth General Assemblies from the old Twentieth Senatorial district, consisting of Louisa and Muscatine counties. He was a candidate for Congress in 1934. In 1960, he was appointed as United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Iowa and served in this capacity until his retirement because of ill health in 1963.

Judge Hicklin died September 20, 1963. He is survived by his wife, three sons and eight grandchildren.

Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-first General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Edwin Reichley Hicklin, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful servant, and the Senate by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.

Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to forward an enrolled copy to each member of the family of the deceased.

DAVID STANLEY, Chairman,

RICHARD L. STEPHENS,

CLIFFORD M. VANCE,

Committee.

The resolution was unanimously adopted.

Senate District 20