Washington County
Iowa
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Washington County
Iowa
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Washington County
Index to Locations
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Fred Dickinson Letts (1875-1965) —
also known as F. Dickinson Letts —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born near Ainsworth, Washington
County, Iowa, April 26,
1875.
Republican. District judge in Iowa 7th District, 1911-13, 1915-17; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1925-31; defeated, 1930;
justice
of District of Columbia supreme court, 1931.
Died January
19, 1965 (age 89 years, 268
days).
Interment at Ainsworth Cemetery.
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George Weyand (1806-1885) —
of Jefferson
County, Iowa.
Born in Somerset
County, Pa., 1806.
Member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1848-49.
Died in Brighton, Washington
County, Iowa, 1885
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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David Bunker (d. 1886) —
of Washington
County, Iowa.
Delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention 14th District, 1857.
Died June 26,
1886.
Interment at Richmond Cemetery.
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Smith Wildman Brookhart (1869-1944) —
also known as Smith W. Brookhart —
of Washington, Washington
County, Iowa.
Born near Arbela, Scotland
County, Mo., February
2, 1869.
Son of Abram Colar Brookhart and Cynthia (Wildman) Brookhart.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
school
teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1922-26, 1927-33.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from heart
disease, in the Veterans Administration hospital
in Whipple, Yavapai
County, Ariz., November
15, 1944 (age 75 years, 287
days).
Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Edward Clayton Eicher (1878-1944) —
also known as Edward C. Eicher —
of Washington, Washington
County, Iowa; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Noble, Washington
County, Iowa, December
16, 1878.
Son of Benjamin Eicher and Lydia (Sommer) Eicher.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1933-39; member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1938-42; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1941-42; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1942.
Mennonite.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., November
30, 1944 (age 65 years, 350
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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