Senator Henry Julius Grunewald View All Years

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Henry Julius Grunewald

Benton County

Senator from forty-fifth district, composed of Benton and Tama counties, was born on December 17, 1877, on a farm near Blairstown, Iowa. Attended Northern Indiana normal school for three years at Valparaiso, Indiana. Married Gertrude Helen Giesecke of St. Louis in 1913 and has two sons, John, 20, attending Iowa State college; Henry, 17, graduate of Blairstown high school; and twin daughters, Marie and Emma, 14, attending Blairstown high school. Has engaged in farming since 1900. Became a master farmer in 1930. Serving first term in senate. A democrat.

Senate District 45