Representative Arthur C. Hanson View All Years

ARTHUR C. HANSON

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Arthur C. Hanson, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

Arthur C. Hanson, was born August 8, 1891, at Inwood, Iowa, and passed away January 31, 1966.

On July 25, 1918 he was married to Emma Helder, of Inwood, and to this union were born three sons.

Mr. Hanson was a graduate of Iowa State University, was a veteran of World War I, was Post and County Commander and Chaplain of the American Legion. He was county president and served on the state board of the Farm Bureau, and was their legislative representative for three years. He helped organize and was a member of Farmers Co-operative Elevator of Inwood; was a member of the school board and board of supervisors. He was active in many areas of the Methodist Church. In 1955 he was elected to Gamma Sigma Delta (an honorary society of agriculture). He received the Des Moines Press and Radio Club Award in 1961, and the Inwood Community Award in 1964. In 1962 he received the John Champanius Holms Award from the U.S. Weather Bureau for outstanding accomplishment in the field of meteorological observations. He was a member of Kiwanis and the Masonic Lodge.

Mr. Hanson was elected to the House of Representatives in 1933, where he served in the Forty-fifth General Assembly and the Forty-fifth Extra session. He was again elected in 1948 as a Representative from Lyon County, serving continuously until his death, the Fifty-third through the Sixty-first sessions. He was Speaker of the House in the Fifty-sixth session, and a member of the Budget and Financial Control Committee for four years.

He is survived by his wife, Emma, and three sons: Eldon, Inwood; Marlo, Alton; and Harland, Denver, Colorado. There are five granddaughters and five grandsons surviving. One brother, the Hon. Fred B. Hanson, a representative from Osage, Iowa, also survives.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIXTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Arthur C. Hanson, the state has lost an honored citizen and faithful and useful servant, and the House by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House, and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

IRVIN L. BERGMAN,

ELMER DEN HERDER,

MARVIN SMITH,

Committee.