MAKE A MEME View Large Image Albert B Cummins.jpg Albert B Cummins a Senator from Iowa; born near Carmichaels Greene County Pa February 15 1850; attended the public schools and a preparatory academy; graduated Waynesburg Pa College in 1869; moved to Iowa; briefly ...
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Keywords: Albert B Cummins.jpg Albert B Cummins a Senator from Iowa; born near Carmichaels Greene County Pa February 15 1850; attended the public schools and a preparatory academy; graduated Waynesburg Pa College in 1869; moved to Iowa; briefly engaged as a carpenter; clerked in the office of the recorder of Clayton County; moved to Allen County Indiana in 1871 where he became deputy county surveyor and engaged in railroad building; moved to Chicago to study law; admitted to the Illinois bar in 1875 and commenced practice in Chicago; returned to Des Moines Iowa in 1878 where he continued the practice of law; member State house of representatives 1888-1890; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1894 and 1900; member of the Republican National Committee 1896-1900; Governor of Iowa 1902-1908 when he resigned having been elected Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1908 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William B Allison; reelected in 1909 1914 and again in 1920 and served from November 24 1908 until his death on July 30 1926; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Sixty-sixth through the Sixty-ninth Congresses; chairman Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses Committee on Interstate Commerce Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses Committee on Judiciary Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses ; died in Des Moines Iowa July 30 1926; interment in Woodland Cemetery See http //bioguide congress gov/scripts/biodisplay pl index C000988 http //bioguide congress gov/scripts/biodisplay pl index C00098 Biographical guide of the U S Congress ~ 1870 author PD-USGov original upload log page en wikipedia AlbertBCummins jpg 2004-07-22 07 56 Chrisn4255 180×225×8 20854 bytes <nowiki> PD-USGov See http //bioguide congress gov/scripts/biodisplay pl index C000988 </nowiki> Albert B Cummins
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