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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IowaJohn Henry GEAR
(1825-1900)
Senate Years of Service:
1895-1900Party: RepublicanGEAR, John Henry, a
Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., April 7, 1825; attended the common schools; moved to
Galena, Ill., in 1836, to Fort Snelling, Iowa, in 1838, and to
Burlington in 1843, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits; mayor
of Burlington 1863; member, State house of representatives
1871-1873, serving as speaker two terms; Governor of Iowa
1878-1881; elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first
Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1890; appointed by President Benjamin Harrison as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 1892-1893; elected to the
Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); elected as a
Republican to the United States Senate in 1894; reelected in 1900
and served from March 4, 1895, until his death on July 14, 1900,
before the start of his second term; chairman, Committee on Pacific
Railroads (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-Sixth Congresses); died in
Washington, D.C.; interment in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington,
Iowa.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for John Henry
Gear. 56th Cong., 2nd sess., 1900-1901. Washington, D.C.:
Government Printing Office, 1901.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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