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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 Born January 4, 1915, Evanston, Illinois. Graduated Amherst college, Massachusetts, 1936. Graduated Northwestern university law school, 1940. Served 42 months in World War II on convoy escort duty; discharged Lt. Cmdr. USNR. Married Sue Waldron, Fort Madison, Iowa, April 10, 1943. Two daughters and two sons. Presbyterian. Practicing attorney, Pollard, Palmer and Lawse, Fort Madison. County supervisor 1947-1948, Republican county chairman, 1946-1952. Delegate Republican National Convention 1952. Past president Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce, board member Lee County Tuberculosis Association, Boy Scouts of America, Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Member Iowa State, Illinois, and American Bar Associations, Shrine, Rotary, Elks, Izaak Walton League, American Legion, V.F.W. Serving third term.
House District 1
Committees
55th GA (1953)
Legislation Sponsored
55th GA (1953)