Senator William H. M. Pusey View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 11/15/1900

Birth Place: Washington County, Pennsylvania

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Assemblies Served:
Senate: 7 (1858) - 8 (1860)

Home County: Pottawattamie

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Brother: Nathan M. Pusey; GAs 26, 27

William H. M. Pusey

Pottawattamie County

WILLIAM H. M. PUSEY was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1826; he died at Clarinda, Iowa, November 15, 1900. He was a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1847. He removed to Iowa and settled in Council Bluffs in 1856. He had studied law in Springfield, Illinois, where he made the acquaintance of Abraham Lincoln. In after years he became Mr. Lincoln’s agent in sundry business transactions in this State. Soon after coming to Council Bluffs he entered into a co-partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas Officer, as private bankers. From that time until the death of Mr. Officer a few months since, their house was one of the most prominent in western Iowa. Mr. Pusey was elected State Senator in 1857 from a pioneer district, embracing twenty-two counties. He served in the sessions of 1858-60. He was chosen to Congress in 1882, serving one term. Few Iowa men have ever enjoyed a higher degree of confidence than that reposed in Mr. Pusey for over forty years.

Senate District 31