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SAM F. RANDOLPH
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Sam F. Randolph, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Sam F. Randolph was born January 2, 1871, on a farm near Dean, Appanoose County, Iowa. He passed away at his home on December 31, 1954.
In 1887 he moved with his parents to a farm near Bloomfield, in Davis County, and worked as a farmhand, attending school in the home district a few weeks each winter.
In 1893 he attended the Southern Iowa Normal School at Bloomfield three months, and secured a certificate to teach. He taught in the rural districts of Davis County six years.
In 1898 he married Miss Stella Good. To this union two sons were born, Oris and Vern.
He and his two sons owned and operatead 640 acres of land three miles southwest of Bloomfield in Syacondah Township. He served on the school board several years as president or secretary, and three years as president of the Davis County Farm Bureau. He was an elder in the Christian Church.
He represented Davis County in the Forty-fourth session of the General Assembly. He was a Democrat in politics.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fiftysixth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Sam F. Randolph, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful, useful public servant, and the House, 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 House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
DEWEY E. GOODE,
KENNETH E. OWEN,
ROSCOE L. POLLOCK,
Committee.