| Birth: | Jan. 10, 1814 | | Death: | May 30, 1901 | 
US Congressman. A prominent banker in Iowa in the days before the Civil War, upon that conflict's outbreak he served in the war's early years as Iowa's Paymaster General. He was elected twice to represent Iowa's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from March 4, 1863 to March 4, 1869, then serving from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1881. He declined to run for re-election, accepting the appointment of Chief Clerk in the Indian Affairs Office. He was subsequently appointed United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President James A. Garfield, and served in that capacity from May 6, 1881, to March 27, 1885. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
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Children:
Anna Price Dillon (____ - 1898)*
Louisa Price Sully (1842 - 1882)*
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Search Amazon for Hiram Price | | | Burial:
Oakdale Memorial Gardens
Davenport
Scott County
Iowa, USA |
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Originally Created by: Dustin Oliver
Record added: May 18, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7460782 |
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