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| Affiliation | Greenback |
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| Name | Edward H. Gillette |
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Des Moines, Iowa , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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October 01, 1840
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| Died | August 14, 1918
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | GILLETTE, Edward Hooker, (son of Francis Gillette), a Representative from Iowa; born in Bloomfield, Hartford County, Conn., October 1, 1840; attended the public schools at Hartford, Conn., and the New York State Agricultural College, Ovid, N.Y.; moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1863 and engaged in agricultural pursuits, building, and manufacturing; editor of the Iowa Tribune; chairman of the national committee of the Greenback Party; delegate to the Greenback National Convention at Indianapolis in 1876; elected as a Greenbacker (National Party) to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; retired from public life and resided on his farm, “Clover Hills Place,” near Valley Junction, Iowa, where he died August 14, 1918; interment in Glendale Cemetery.
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