Senator Daniel A. Anderson View All Years
Senator Townsend, from the special committee appointed to prepare resolutions on the life and character of Daniel Anderson, late of Monroe county, submitted the following report and moved its adoption:
MR. PRESIDENT—Your special committee, appointed to prepare resolutions concerning the life and character of Daniel Anderson, respectfully report as follows:
WHEREAS, Daniel Anderson, a member of the State Senate of Iowa in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh General Assemblies, departed this life on the 4th of February, 1901, at his home in Albia; therefore, be it
Resolved, that in the death of Daniel Anderson the bar of Iowa lost one of its ablest lawyers; the Pioneer Lawmakers’ association one of its most brilliant members; the state one of its best citizens, and the nation one of its bravest defenders in its hour of need.
Resolved, That the Senate joins with the citizens of the community in which he lived for over fifty years, in sorrow at his loss and tenders to his widow and children its sincere sympathy in their bereavement.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions suitably engrossed be transmitted to the family of the deceased by the Secretary of the Senate.
FRED TOWNSEND,
CLAUDE R. PORTER,
S. H. HARPER,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote.
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