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Representative Adam V. Larimer View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 3/23/1905
Birth Place: Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 6 (1856)
Home County: Pottawattamie
Adam V. Larimer
Pottawattamie County

ADAM V. LARIMER was born in Bellefonte, Pa., in 1829; he died in Chicago, where he had gone for medical treatment, March 23, 1905. He was educated at Allegheny College. In 1852 he was admitted to the bar. In March, 1854, he traveled overland to Iowa and located in Council Bluffs. He was elected prosecuting attorney the following autumn and afterwards filled the office of county and probate judge for two years. He was a member of the 6th General Assembly, which convened in 1856. In 1876 he removed to Wyoming and engaged in the stock business. In 1886 he returned to Iowa and settled in Sioux City which has since been his home, and where he invested heavily in real property.

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House District 15
Committees
6th GA (1856)
Standing Committees
Legislation Sponsored
6th GA (1856)