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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IowaGilbert Nelson HAUGEN
(1859-1933)
HAUGEN, Gilbert Nelson, a
Representative from Iowa; born near Orfordville, Rock County, Wis.,
April 21, 1859; attended the rural schools; moved to Decorah,
Winneshiek County, Iowa, in 1873 and engaged in agricultural
pursuits; attended Breckenridge College, Decorah, Iowa, and
Academic and Commercial College, Janesville, Wis.; engaged in
various enterprises, principally real estate and banking; moved to
Northwood, Iowa, in 1886 and engaged in banking; treasurer of Worth
County, Iowa, 1887-1893; in 1890 organized the Northwood Banking
Co. and became its president; member of the State house of
representatives 1894-1898; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-sixth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1899-March 3, 1933); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of the Interior (Sixtieth Congress), Committee on
Agriculture (Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses);
co-sponsor of the McNary-Haugen farm bill in 1927; unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress;
died at Northwood, Iowa, July 18, 1933; interment in Sunset Rest
Cemetery, Northwood, Iowa.
Bibliography
Harstad, Peter T., and Bonnie Lindemann. Gilbert N. Haugen:
Norwegian-American Farm Politician. Iowa City: State Historical
Society of Iowa, 1992; Michael, Bonnie. “Gilbert N. Haugen.
Apprentice Congressman.” Palimpsest 59 (July/August 1978):
118-29.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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