Autograph letter signed : Des Moines, to an unidentified major, 1861 Dec. 6.
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Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan, 1813-1894
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Iowa governor, Iowa and U.S. Senator, abolitionist, lawyer. Samuel Kirkwood served as a Republican state senator (1856-1859), Iowa governor (1860-1864, 1876-1877), U.S. senator (1866-1867, 1877-1881), and U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1881-1882, under President Garfield). He also served as president of the Iowa and Southwestern Railroad Company and the Iowa City National Bank. From the description of Papers, 1841-1894. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id...