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Representative Joseph Van Valkenburgh View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 11/8/1871
Birth Place: New York
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 6 (1856)
Home County: Lee
Joseph Van Valkenburgh
Lee County
Born in New York. He married Margaret A. Page (1808) on 1828 in Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada. They had four children. In 1846, the family moved to Denmark, Lee County, Iowa. Joseph VanValkenburg was a blacksmith by trade and had a farm. He was elected to House of Representatives for the 6th General Assembly (1856). He and his wife moved to Cook County, Illinois where his daughter Catharine Van Valkenburg resided.
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House District 1
Committees
6th GA (1856)
Legislation Sponsored
6th GA (1856)