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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Prouty, Solomon Francis
Prouty, Solomon Francis, a Representative from Iowa; born in Delaware, Ohio, January 17, 1854; moved with his father to Marion County, Iowa, in 1855; attended the public schools, Central University, Pella, Iowa, 1870-1873, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, 1873-1875, and was graduated from Central University in 1877; professor at Central University 1878-1882; member of the State house of representatives in 1880 and 1881; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Pella, Marion County, Iowa; moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1891 and engaged in the practice of law; judge of the district court in 1899; unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1902, 1904, and 1908; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915); was not a candidate for renomination in 1914; resumed the practice of his profession; trustee of the Central University of Iowa; retired in 1923; died in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, July 16, 1927; interment in Glendale Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Prouty, Solomon Francis," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1707 Original Sources, accessed October 12, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3AYQS8L34CD3TP.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Prouty, Solomon Francis." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1707, Original Sources. 12 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3AYQS8L34CD3TP.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Prouty, Solomon Francis' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1707. Original Sources, retrieved 12 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3AYQS8L34CD3TP.
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