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Subject: [IA-CIVIL-WAR] 1903 Bio of John L. Kamrer
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:50:44 EDT

JOHN L. KAMRER has long been one of the prominent lawyers and Republicans of
north central Iowa.  He was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, October 12,
1842, secured a liberal education and was at one time principal of the public
schools of Savannah, Illinois.  He was a lieutenant in the One Hundred
Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteers in 1864.  In 1869 Mr. Kamrer removed to Iowa,
locating in Webster City, where he soon after began the practice of law and
has attained high rank in the profession.  In 1881 he was elected to the
State Senate from the district composed of the counties of Hamilton and
Hardin, serving in the Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies.  He was
the author of a number of important laws which remain on the statute books.
 At the Republican State Convention of 1895 Mr. Kamrer was one of the
prominent candidates for nomination for Governor.


Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
<A HREF="http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/">http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/</A>;
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
Gerischer Family Web Site:
<A HREF="http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/">http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/</A>;

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