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Representative Theodore Richards Ellsworth View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 9/30/1986
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 63 (1969) - 64 (1971)
Home County: Dubuque
Theodore Richards Ellsworth
Dubuque County
Dubuque, Dubuque County Republican. Born Jan. 10, 1918, in Dubuque. Graduated from Dartmouth College, 1940. Married Barbara Lange, April 26, 1941. Children: Dick, Kitty, Mareth, Sarah and Ann Bissell. Episcopalian. Dubuque Golf and Country Club, Shawondasee Club, Dubuque Shooting Society, Des Moines Club, Des Moines Golf and country Club. Lt. Col. Iowa National Guard, 1949; King's Royal Rifles, British 8th Desert Army; Rifle company commander, 3rd U. S. Army; Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy; prisoner of war escapee in Poland; Legion of Valor. Board chairman, Dubuque United Fund; 1965 Des Moines Register "Amazing Iowan"; 1961 Dubuque "Citizen of the Year" award; President, Dubuque Humane Society; Iowa Delegate Republican National Convention, Miami Beach, 1968; Owner, Lange Insurance Co., Inc., farm owner, Lyon County. Second term.
House District 50
Committees
64th GA (1971)
Legislation Sponsored
64th GA (1971)