| Birth: | Nov. 9, 1873
Wapello
Louisa County
Iowa, USA | | Death: | Nov. 18, 1949
District Of Columbia, USA | 
US Congressman. From 1893 to 1901, he was a successful Iowa newspaper editor for the Ida Grove "Pioneer", the Columbus Junction "Gazette" and the Hamburg "Democrat". He served as a member of the Iowa State Senate from 1907, until two years later when he resigned to enter Congress. In 1909, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress, serving until 1911. He declined to be a candidate for re-nomination and resumed his newspaper activities in Shenandoah, Iowa. He was postmaster of Shenandoah from 1915 until he resigned to serve as Assistant Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee and its Director of Finance, serving from 1916 to 1920. In 1920, he was a delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention. From 1925 until his death, he was editor of "Window Seat, Washington, D.C." a weekly news letter for country newspapers. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Search Amazon for William Jamieson | | | Burial:
Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Brentwood
Prince George's County
Maryland, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Record added: Jul 01, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 20195274 |
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