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Representative Keith H. Dunton View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 4/6/1985
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 58 (1959) - 67 (1977)
Home County: Keokuk
Keith H. Dunton
Keokuk County
Thornburg District 88 Democrat Born March 20, 1915, near Deep River, son of Sara Faye and Leroy Dunton. Graduated Thornburg High School. Married Ethel Cowan, What Cheer. Daughter, Cynthia. In farming and livestock operation. Member: Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star, Consistory, El Kahir Shrine, Elks, Lions, Izaak Walton League, Farm Bureau. Formerly chairman YMCA Youth in Government of Iowa; Boy Scouts District Executive Council, Flying Farmers, and Keokuk County School Board. Chairman House Appropriations and Legislative Fiscal Committees, Iowa Legislative Council, Iowa State Crime Commission, Governor's Com. on Employment of the Handicapped, Governor's Com. on Terrace Hill, and National Com. support of public schools. Tenth term.
House District 88
Committees
67th GA (1977)
Legislation Sponsored
67th GA (1977)