History of Senatorial Elections in Iowa: A Study in American PoliticsCovers the history of senatorial elections in Iowa from 1846-1911 and Senators Augustus Caesar Dodge, George W. Jones, James Harlan, James W. Grimes, Samuel J. Kirkwood, James B. Howell, George G. Wright, James W. McDill, James F. Wilson, William B. Allison, John H. Gear, Jonathan P. Dolliver, Lafayette Young, Albert B. Cummins, and William S. Kenyon. |
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| Title | History of Senatorial Elections in Iowa: A Study in American Politics |
| Author | Dan Elbert Clark |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Iowa, 1913 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Oct 26, 2007 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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