LaMonte Cowles (September 30, 1859 – February 24, 1942) was an American engineer, lawyer, and politician.
LaMonte Cowles | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Iowa Senate from the 9th district | |
| In office January 9, 1911 – January 10, 1915 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Smith |
| Succeeded by | Frank Thompson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 30, 1859 Oskaloosa, Iowa |
| Died | February 24, 1942 (aged 82) Burlington, Iowa |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | engineer, lawyer |
Cowles was a son of Methodist minister William Fletcher Cowles and Maria Elizabeth LaMonte, born in Oskaloosa on September 30, 1859.[1][2] His father was a widower who had three prior children.[3] Lamonte Cowles had a full brother, Gardner Cowles Sr. LaMonte graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1879 and worked for the Union Pacific, the Chicago Burlington and the Pacific Railroad as an engineer. Cowles subsequently read law, was admitted to the bar in 1886, and relocated to Burlington, Iowa, to practice law.[1][2] Cowles legal career included a stint as city attorney.[4]
Cowles was active in Republican Party politics. He served ten years as a Republican congressional committee member for the first district, and four years on the Republican state committee, as well as other party committees at the city, county, and state levels.[1][2][4] Between January 9, 1911, and January 10, 1915, Cowles held the District 9 seat in the Iowa Senate as a Republican.[1][2]
Cowles was married to Hattie E. Kane from 1886 to her death in 1889. The couple had one daughter. In 1897, he married Ida S. Miller.[1] He died on February 24, 1942, at Burlington's Mercy Hospital.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Senator LaMonte Cowles". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "LaMonte Cowles" (PDF). The Annals of Iowa. Vol. 23, no. 4. 1942. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ "Cowles Family Publishing Legacy". Drake University, Cowles Library. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ a b "LA MONTE COWLES". Biographical Review of Des Moines County, Iowa: Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of To-day and Also of the Past. Hobart Publishing Company, Chicago. 1905.
- ^ "La Monte Cowles, an attorney here since 1886, dies" (PDF). February 1942. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ "LaMonte Cowles. Attorney, Dies". The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune. February 25, 1942. Retrieved December 3, 2023.