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• Connolly, Maurice    b. March 13, 1877  d. May 28, 1921
  US Congressman. He served Iowa in the US House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the US Senate in 1914. Connolly was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916. He was killed in an airplane accident near Indian Head, Maryland. (Bio by: LeRoy A.)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
   
• Jones, George Wallace    b. April 12, 1804  d. July 22, 1896
  Democrat Congressman from Iowa. He served as a delegate from Wisconsin from 1837-1839. In 1848 he was elected as one of the first Senators from Iowa and served until 1859. In 1861 he was arrested on orders from William Seward for disloyalty because of corresponding with his friend, Jefferson Davis. He served 34 days in jail until he was released by President Lincoln. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
   
• Keane, Br. James John    d. 1929
  Roman Catholic Archbishop. He was the fifth Bishop and the Third Archbishop of Dubuque, serving from 1911 to 1929. (Bio by: Jesse)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
   
• Murphy, Richard Louis    b. November 6, 1875  d. July 16, 1936
  Democrat Senator from Iowa. He served in the US Senate from 1933 until he was killed in a car wreck in 1936. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
   

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