Dawson, Albert Foster, 1872-1949.
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Dawson, Albert Foster, 1872-1949.
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Dawson, Albert Foster, 1872-1949.
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U.S. Representative from Iowa and businessman.
Newspaper editor, congressman, and bank president from Iowa. Dawson engaged in newspaper work in Preston and Clinton Iowa (1891-1984). He served as secretary to Representative George M. Curtis and Senator William B. Allison (1895-1905) before being elected to Congress representing Iowa's second congressional district (1905-1911). After declining candidacy for renomination Dawson went on to become the president of the First National Bank of Davenport (1911-1929), executive secretary of the Republican National Senatorial Committee (1930), and a public utilities executive in Cincinnati, Ohio (1931-1945).
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World War, 1914-1918
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Davenport (Iowa)
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Quad Cities (Ill. and Iowa)
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Clinton (Iowa)
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Muscatine (Iowa)
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