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Subject: [IOWA] 1903 Bio of William H. M. Pusey
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:14:58 EDT
William H. M. Pusey was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, July 29,
1826. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1847 and came to
Springfield, Illinois, where he studied law and became personally acquainted with
Abraham Lincoln, who was then practicing law in that city but had at that
time attained no prominence outside of the region in which he lived. In 1856 Mr.
Pusey became a resident at Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he entered into the
banking business with his brother-in-law, Thomas Officer. Theirs was one of the
pioneer banks of western Iowa and was continued until the death of Mr.
Officer in 1900. In 1857 Mr. Pusey was elected to the State Senate for the Twelfth
District which embraced twenty-two counties of western Iowa. He served in the
Senate four years. In 1882 he was the Democratic candidate for
Representative in Congress from the Ninth District and was elected over Colonel Anderson
the Republican candidate, serving two years. Mr. Pausey was a prominent member
of the Pioneer Lawmakers' Association and was a life-long Democrat. He died
on the 15th of November, 1900.
Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
Gerischer Family Web Site:
http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/
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