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| | Office of Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally Pederson |
 | | Prior to being elected governor, Governor Vilsack was an Iowa State Senator (1992-96) and the mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa (1987-92) as well as managing a private law practice with his father-in-law. | | | Governor Tom Vilsack was elected Iowas 39th Governor in 1998, the first Democratic governor of the state in more than 30 years. | | | Governor Vilsack is the chair of the Democratic Leadership Council and is the former chair of the Democratic Governors Association, the Midwest Governors Conference, the Governors Biotechnology Partnership, Jobs for Americas Graduates (JAG), and the Ethanol Coalition. |
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http://www.governor.state.ia.us/bios/vilsack_bio.html
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| | Iowa News - Breaking Local Iowa News - The New York Times |
| | Iowa Governor Will Give Felons the Right to Vote | | | By JOSEPH B. DES MOINES- When Rae Ann Dankovic bought a sprawling town house in the Des Moines suburb of Ankeny early in June, she paid $624 for Iowa' s equivalent of title insurance. | | | BOOKS OF THE TIMES; In This Small Town in Iowa The Future Speaks Spanish |
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http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/national/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions/iowa?inline=nyt-geo
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| | History of Iowa, Vol 3 Chapter 2 |
| | On the 16th of January the two houses assembled in joint convention in the presence of which Samuel Merrill was sworn in as Governor and John Scott as Lieutenant-Governor; after which Governor Merrill delivered his inaugural address. | | | The most important acts of the General Assembly were the ratification of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States and ratifying and confirming the amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa, heretofore mentioned. | | | The principal candidates for Governor were Colonel Samuel Merrill of Clayton County, J. Grinnell of Poweshiek, Colonel J. Williamson of Polk and J. Cattell of the same county. |
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http://iagenweb.org/history/hoi/HOI3Chp2.htm
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| | Office of Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally Pederson |
| | As Governor, he established the Iowa Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Commission on the Status of Women. | | | Chief Justice Lavorato of the Iowa Supreme Court created the seat in July of this year. | | | DES MOINES Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally Pederson announced today that they appointed Greg Steensland of Council Bluffs to a newly created seat in the Fourth Judicial District on Friday. |
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http://www.governor.state.ia.us
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| | Office of Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally Pederson |
| | The Governor and Lt. Governor have proposed anti-bullying legislation to ensure every member of the school community is treated with dignity and respect, in turn allowing schools to focus on providing a high quality education and allowing students to focus on learning and developing. | | | DES MOINES &; Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally Pederson made appointments today to the first Iowa Interior Design Examination Board. | | | “Affordable housing is a key component of making Iowa’s communities great places to live, work and raise a family,” Governor Vilsack said. |
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http://www.governor.state.ia.us
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| | Oklahoma Territorial and State Governors |
| | Henry Louis Bellmon: first Republican Governor and first Governor ever to be elected to that office, then elected to US Senate, then Governor again. | | | James Howard Edmondson: youngest governor in the history of the state, 34 yrs | | | George Patterson Nigh: youngest elected Lt. Governor, was the 17th Governor for 9 days after Gov. Edmondson resigned, 21st Governor serving 5 days after Gov. Boren resigned, elected 1978 as 22nd Governor and re-elected in 1982. |
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http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/govs.html
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| | Office of Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally Pederson |
| | DES MOINES --Today, Governor Tom Vilsack will send a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns requesting a disaster designation for the counties of: Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, and Washington. | | | The assessments will provide the Governor, the State FSA, and the State Emergency Board with a more detailed account of the types and amounts of crop damages sustained in the affected counties. | | | STATE CAPITOL Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally Pederson today announced the resignation of Dusky Terry of rural Greenfield as Policy Director. |
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http://www.governor.state.ia.us
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| | William |
| | William A. Bootle William Augustus Bootle (1902-) served as Chief Judge of the District Court for Georgia from 1961-1972... | | | Frederick William Kaltenbach Frederick William Kaltenbach (1895 - 1945?) was an Dubuque, Iowa. | | | William, Archbishop of Mainz William (Wilhelm), the son of Mainz in 954/5 and died in 968. |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/william.html
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| | State Historical Society of Iowa Historic Site: Plum Grove Kid Guide |
| | Robert Lucas, former Governor of Ohio, was appointed in 1838 by the President of the United States, Martin Van Buren, to serve as the first Governor of the Territory of Iowa. | | | Iowa was organized as a separate Territory by an act of Congress approved on July 12, 1838, but it was not until 1844 that steps were taken to secure admission into the Union. | | | This is Iowa: a cavalcade of the Tall Corn State. |
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http://www.iowahistory.org/sites/plum_grove/plumgrove_kids_tour_guide.htm
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| | William A. Bootle William Augustus Bootle (1902-) served as Chief Judge of the District Court for Georgia from 1961-1972... | | | Frederick William Kaltenbach Frederick William Kaltenbach (1895 - 1945?) was an Dubuque, Iowa. | | | William, Archbishop of Mainz William (Wilhelm), the son of Mainz in 954/5 and died in 968. |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/william.html
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| | Chapter 13 |
| | Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Iowa that the postmaster of Davenport, Scott county, Iowa, be and he is hereby authorized to have the mail from Davenport to Dubuque conveyed in two-hourse post coaches during the present session of the legislative assembly. | | | Parvin in his article says that prior to the appointment of William B. Conway to the office of secretary of the territory of Iowa, in 1838, he was editing a small political paper in the city of Pittsburg which supported Genreal Jackson during his candidacy for the presidence. | | | The organic act provided that "in the absence or death of the governor" the secretary of the territory should act as governor. |
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http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/chapter13.html
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| | A Brief History of Iowa Workforce Development |
| | The legislation provided for a single agency director, and Governor Clyde L. Herring appointed Garrett Roelofs, a college professor and former state senator from Orange City in northwest Iowa, to head the Iowa Unemployment Compensation Commission. | | | Warren Garst (who served as Iowa’s governor from 1902 – 1908) was appointed by Governor George W. Clarke as Iowa’s first Industrial Commissioner. | | | The Iowa Bureau of Labor Statistics was created by the 20th Iowa General Assembly under the control of the Commissioner of Labor Statistics. |
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http://www.iowaworkforce.org/history
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| | BBC NEWS World Americas Q&A: Iowa caucuses |
| | However, in 1976, it was in Iowa that the obscure Governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, made his mark. | | | Iowa has favoured the caucus system as it leads to more contact between candidates and voters. | | | Iowa is not a typical state, being small, mid-western and mainly rural with a strong liberal streak so it does not reflect the national picture. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3395851.stm
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| | Plummer/Lincoln's Rail Splitter: Governor Richard J. Oglesby. Chapter 7 |
| | Iowa governor William M. Stone wrote to RJO on August 9 that he was sorry he had received the notice of the "your state convention" [the St. Louis meeting] too late but that the governors should organize in opposition to Johnson. | | | Together with the governor of Iowa, they seem to have considered extreme measures that might be necessary to preserve the fruits of the Union victory in the face of Johnson's malfeasance. | | | Some Decatur citizens and a few students of the constitution urged the governor to veto the bill on grounds that the 1848 constitution (Article 5, number 11) mandated that such appointments be made by the governor. |
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http://www.press.uillinois.edu/epub/books/plummer/ch7.html
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| | Wildlines, Volume III, Number 20 |
| | Recently, the governors of Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Pennsylvania removed their signatures after questioning the procurement provisions. | | | Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law this week a host of environmental bills, including the Forest Heritage Trust Act of 2004, which will permanently preserve up to 40,000 acres of state forest land. | | | Governor McGreevey has gathered wide support for the legislation throughout his state, touting that the land proposed to be protected houses a watershed that provides water to 4 million state residents. |
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| | Portrait & Biographical Record - Denver & Vicinity |
| | Grant was nominated for governor on the Democratic ticket and enjoyed the distinction of being the first Democratic governor the state ever had. | | | James Grant, a son of the original settler, was a planter in North Carolina and one of the most influential public men of that state, at the time of his death holding the office of comptroller of the state. | | | James Grant, was born in North Carolina, and graduated in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and the Medical College of Charleston, S. C., after which he began to practice in Alabama on the Chattahootchie River and also operated a plantation there. |
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http://www.memoriallibrary.com/CO/1898DenverPB/pages/pbrd0154.htm
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| | pgs. 174 - 182 - Washington County Iowa, 1880 |
| | Under this law the following persons were appointed by Governor Merrill: Edward Mumm, of Lee county; M. Rohlfs, of Scott county; C. Clausen, of Mitchell county; C. Rhynsburger, of Marion county; S. Spofford, of Polk county, and Marcus Tuttle, of Cerro Gordo county. | | | The law provided for the appointment by the Governor of a Commissioner of Immigration to reside and keep an office in the city of New York, from the first of May until the first of December of each year. | | | Such is a brief account of the humble beginning, and first exhibition of the Iowa State Agricultural Society, which has since grown to be one of the important institutions of the State, attracting to its annual exhibits many thousands of people, not only from all parts of Iowa, but from other States. |
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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/historical/LightOn/1880wash_16.htm
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| | Iowa Department of Elder Affairs |
| | Governor Vilsack, the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs and AARP are sponsoring the one-day, information-packed event aimed at addressing the myths and truths about mature workers, and provide resources and tactics employers can use to prepare for the demographic changes their companies will face in the coming decade. | | | Shining Star Awards are presented to honor outstanding services to older Iowans during 2005 at the Governor's Conference on Aging in May. Nomination forms are due by March 1st. | | | The theme for the 2006 Governor's Conference on Aging, held on May 22 and 23, 2006, is "Aging in Iowa: The Years Ahead." |
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http://www.state.ia.us/elderaffairs
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| | Wright County Wright County is the name of three counties in the United States: Wright County, Iowa Wright County, Minne... | | | Craig Wright J. Craig Wright is a former Ohio Supreme Court who served in that office from 1985 to 1996. | | | Wright is one of three Democrats vying for the party's nomina... |
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| | Iowa City/Coralville Area Nearby Attractions |
| | President Martin Van Buren appointed Robert Lucas in 1838 to be the first governor of the Territory of Iowa. | | | Ansel Briggs became the first state governor and in 1857 Des Moines was declared Iowa's capitol. | | | Iowa City was also the end of the line for the Mississippi and Missouri Railway, and Johnson County was the point of departure for seven Mormon handcart expeditions. |
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| | Iowa gubernatorial election, 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | State agriculture secretary Patty Judge withdrew from the race for the Democratic nomination for Governor on February 15, 2006, instead choosing to be Secretary of State Chet Culver's running mate. | | | Bob Vander Plaats, a Sioux City businessman and 2002 candidate for the nomination announced on February 22, 2006 that he is withdrawing from the race to run as Nussle's lieutenant governor. | | | The Iowa gubernatorial election of 2006 will be held on November 7, 2006. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_gubernatorial_election,_2006
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| | Former Governors of Kansas LIST |
| | Resigned as governor - Appointed Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. | | | Kansas State Library: Governors' messages, primarily the messages given to the Legislature at the opening of session (often referred to as the State of the State message). | | | Kansas State Historical Society: Find a listing of the people who have served as governor during Kansas Territory and statehood by name or by decade. |
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http://www.netstate.com/states/government/ks_formergov.htm
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| | Politics1 - Guide to the Inactive 2004 Democratic Presidential Prospects |
| | California Governor Gray Davis was initially viewed as one of the potentially stronger Democratic hopefuls for 2004 because he comes from vote-rich California and is one of the most successful fundraisers in the party. | | | The son of 1970s Presidential candidate Birch Bayh, Evan Bayh served as Indiana Governor before his election the US Senate. | | | Because Iowa is a neighbor of Gephardt's Missouri base, is heavily dominated by labor unions, and he carried Iowa in his 1988 run for President. |
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| | Organic Law Of Iowa and Amendments Thereto |
| | And be it further enacted, That the executive power and authority in and over the said territory of Iowa shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for three years, unless sooner removed by the president of the United States. | | | Causes in supreme court of Wisconsin transferred to supreme court of Iowa. | | | The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two associate judges, any two of whom shall be a qurom, and who shall hold a term at the seat of government of the said territory annually; and they shall hold their offices during the term of four years. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Iowa |
| | This grant was afterwards confirmed by Baron de Carondelet, the Spanish governor of the province of Louisiana, and the strip of land became known as the Mines of Spain. | | | In 1834 that part of the Louisiana Purchase now included in the State of Iowa was made a part of the Territory of Michigan; in 1836 it was attached to, and made a part of, the new Territory of Wisconsin, and in 1838 was established separately as the Territory of Iowa. | | | Iowa is one of the North Central States of the American Union, and is about midway between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. |
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| | The Iowa caucus will be both close and crucial |
| | The Iowa caucus on Tuesday will be a dramatic beginning for what is shaping up to be one of the most passionate and polarizing elections in American history. | | | A candidates success in the Iowa caucus has often depended largely on the effectiveness of his campaign organization to help supporters get to the caucus. | | | This potentially damaging shift in focus for Governor Dean has been counteracted by the three key endorsements he recently receivedevents whose effects in isolation could be minimized by other candidates, but in succession cannot be ignored. |
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http://maroon.uchicago.edu/viewpoints/articles/2004/01/13/the_iowa_caucus_will.php
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| | Iowa Caucus - Gazette Online |
| | Nearly a third of Iowa Democratic county chairs responding to a recent survey said they favored Howard Dean as their party's candidate in the 2004 election, but nearly two-thirds of the local party leaders think the former Vermont governor will win the Iowa caucuses. | | | DES MOINES -- The head of the Republican National Committee moved Friday to counter the Democratic blitz in Iowa, launching new television commercials and arguing that clear differences are emerging. | | | Iowa Democrats are taking a "better safe than sorry" approach to preventing Monday night's precinct caucuses from being taken over by outsiders hoping to skew the results in favor of one candidate or the other. |
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