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Senator Adolph W. Elvers View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 12/12/2000
Birth Place: Osborne
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 59 (1961) - 62 (1967)
Home County: Clayton
Adolph W. Elvers
Clayton County
Elkader Democrat 36th (Old) Senatorial District Clayton County. Born at Elkader, Iowa, Aug. 4, 1911. Owns and operates a dairy farm and has an insurance business. Graduated from Elkader High School in 1929. President of Elkader Co-op Feed Company, president of Clayton County Telephone Company, president of Volga Co-op Creamery Company and president of Iowa Creameries, Ames, Iowa. Is a director on the board of the National Milk Producers Federation, Washington, D.C. Served for six years as Clayton County Democratic chairman. Married Lola Hanson at Elgin, Iowa, 1934. Member of Farm Bureau and Masonic Lodge and is a member and past trustee of the Peace Evangelical Church at Elkader. Second session in general assembly.
Senate District 36
Committees
60th GA (1963)
Legislation Sponsored
60th GA (1963)