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Representative Marvin Hotchkiss View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 3/4/1882
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 8 (1860)
Home County: Davis
Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Son: Loyal D. Hotchkiss; GAs 16, 17, 21 - 23
Marvin Hotchkiss
Davis County
Born about 1801. Mr. Hotchkiss, of Waterbury, and Eunice Durand married December 31, 1820, in Cheshire, Connecticut. They had 5 children. In 1832, the family moved to Portage County, Ohio. The family came to Iowa in 1849, and located on a farm near Bloomfield, in Davis County. Mr. Hotchkiss was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives for the 8th General Assembly (1860-1861). His son Loyal Durand Hotchkiss served five terms in the Iowa House of Representatives. His great grandson was Loyal Durand “L.D.” Hotchkiss who was an American newspaper journalist who served as the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times.
Sources:
House District 3
Committees
8th GA (1860)
Standing Committees
Legislation Sponsored
8th GA (1860)