Representative Nathaniel Gates Hedges View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 5/21/1892

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Assemblies Served:
Senate: 11 (1866) - 12 (1868)

House: 8 (1860)

Home County: Lee

Nathaniel Gates Hedges

Lee County

Born on April 23, 1811 to Matthew Hedges and Abigail Oak Hedges in ME. He married Jane Titus on November 6 1839. He was a farmer and real estate salesman in Sioux City, Woodbury and Lee County, Iowa. He moved to Lee County, Iowa between 1857-1861. He was sheriff of Lee County and Director of National Bank in Des Moines, IA. He represented Lee county in the Eighth and Twelfth General Assemblies 1860 and 1866. Mr. Hedges was a Democrat in politics.

House District 1

Committees
8th GA (1860)

Standing Committees

Railroads