Senator William D. Palmer View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 2/22/2020

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Assemblies Served:
Senate: 63 (1969) - 77 (1997)

House: 61 (1965) - 62 (1967)

Home County: Polk

William D. Palmer

Polk County

Des Moines 32nd Senatorial District Democrat Born Jan. 13, 1935, in Iowa City, son of George D. and Florence I. Palmer. Educated East Des Moines High School and Life Underwriters Training Course. Married Evelyn L. Johnson, 1953. Two sons, one daughter. President of Palmer and Associates, Inc., General Insurance Agency. Member: Masons, Union Park Methodist Church, and Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery Board. Representative, two terms. Third term in Senate.

Senate District 32