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 Charles Bernard Hoeven

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Charles Bernard Hoeven Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Death
9 Nov 1980 (aged 85)
Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Alton, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Memorial ID
7146690 View Source

U.S. Congressman. During World War I, he served as a Sergeant in Company D, 350th Infantry, 80th Division, Intelligence Service, 1st Battalion, in England and France. After the war, he graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1920, from its law department, in 1922, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Alton, Iowa. He was the attorney of Sioux County, Iowa, (1925-37) and a member of the Iowa State Senate, (1937-41). In 1943, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress and to the next ten succeeding Congresses, serving until 1965. After leaving Congress, he served as vice president of the Orange City Savings Bank.

U.S. Congressman. During World War I, he served as a Sergeant in Company D, 350th Infantry, 80th Division, Intelligence Service, 1st Battalion, in England and France. After the war, he graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1920, from its law department, in 1922, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Alton, Iowa. He was the attorney of Sioux County, Iowa, (1925-37) and a member of the Iowa State Senate, (1937-41). In 1943, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress and to the next ten succeeding Congresses, serving until 1965. After leaving Congress, he served as vice president of the Orange City Savings Bank.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith


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  • Added: 4 Feb 2003
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7146690
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7146690/charles-bernard-hoeven: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Bernard Hoeven (30 Mar 1895–9 Nov 1980), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7146690, citing Nassau Township Cemetery, Alton, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.