Representative Martin E. Benz View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 9/3/1974

Birth Place: Lawler, Iowa

Birth County: Chickasaw

Party Affiliation: Republican

Assemblies Served:
House: 46 (1935) - 47 (1937)

Home County: Chickasaw

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Uncle: Louis F. Benz; GA 39

Martin E. Benz

Chickasaw County

Representative from Chickasaw county, was born May 5, 1884, on a farm near Lawler, Iowa. He married Miss Margaret C. Lundby of Harlan, Iowa, May 7, 1915. Their family consists of one daughter, Maurine. Mr. Benz spent twenty-eight years in Canton, South Dakota, in the meat business, and for the last eight years has engaged in farming in Chickasaw county, Iowa. He is a member of the Lutheran church and the Masonic lodge. Elected representative in 1934 and 1936. A republican.

House District 89