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Representative Ernest Palmer View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 1/1/2000
Birth Place: Evanston, Illinois
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 53 (1949) - 55 (1953)
Home County: Lee
Ernest Palmer
Lee County
Fort Madison Lee County Republican Son of Ernest Palmer and Lois Johnson Palmer, born January 4, 1915, Evanston, Illinois. Educated Evanston public schools, graduated Amherst college, 1936. Attended Stanford University Law school, graduated Northwestern University Law school, 1940. Served 42 months in World War II, on convoy escort duty, Lt. Cdr. USNR. Married Sue Waldron of Fort Madison, Iowa, April 10, 1943. They have two daughters. Member Presbyterian Church. Practicing attorney, Fort Madison. County supervisor 1947-1948, Republican county chairman 1946. Past president Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce, Board member Fort Madison Community Chest, Lee county Tuberculosis Association and Boy Scouts of America. Member Iowa State and American Bar Associations, A.F. & A.M., Rotary, Elks, Izaak Walton, American Legion, V.F.W. Serving first term.
House District 1
Committees
53rd GA (1949)
Legislation Sponsored
53rd GA (1949)