Representative Harry E. Cox View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 6/20/1947
Birth Place: Hardin County, Iowa
Birth County: Hardin
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 50 (1943) - 51 (1945)
Home County: Webster
Harry E. Cox
Webster County

HARRY E. COX, farmer, dairyman and legislator, died at Des Moines, Iowa, June 20, 1947; born upon a farm in Hardin county, Iowa, March 21, 1885, the son of John and Anna Cox, Iowa pioneers at Dubuque; educated in the Hardin county public schools and moved to Webster county, Iowa, in 1912; engaged in the dairy business in 1920 in which he has continued; married Betty Lindholm of Elgin, Illinois, Oct. 22, 1918, and they have one daughter, Mrs. Robert Lacia, residing near Fort Dodge, both of whom survive him; elected representative from Webster county in 1942, and re-elected in 1944; elected a member of the Webster county supervisors in 1946; a member of the Webster county farm bureau, Lions club, Elks lodge, Lutheran church and a Republican.