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HOEVEN, Charles B.
Republican
Eighth District Congressman—Alton
Born in Hospers, Iowa, March 30, 1895; was
graduated from the Alton high school in 1915
and from the State University of Iowa with a
B.A. degree in 1920 and a LL.B. degree in 1922;
lawyer and was admitted to the Iowa bar in
1922; County Attorney of Sioux county, Iowa,
1925-37; member of the Iowa State Senate,
1937-41; president pro tempore of the Iowa State
Senate. 1939-41; permanent chairman of the
Republican State Convention, 1940; both temporary
and permanent chairman of the Republican
State Judicial Convention, 1942; veteran of
the first World war, serving with A.E.F. in
England and France; married Velma Ruth Pike r
of Toledo, Iowa, and they have two children
Pauline Ruth and Charles Pike; elected to the
78th Congress on November 3, 1942; elected to
the 79th Congress on November 7, 1944.
JENSEN, Ben Franklin
Republican
Seventh District Congressman—Exira
Born December 16, 1892, in Marion, Linn
county, Iowa, of Danish parentage; attended
rural school, Exira high school, and officers'
training school; commissioned second lieutenant
during the World war; employed by a lumber
company 1914 to 1938; student of government
science and has devoted much of his life to the
problems of the people; member of Lutheran
church; married Charlotte E. Hadden of Clearfield,
Iowa, and they have one daughter, Betty,
(Mrs. Donald G. Fitzpatrick); elected to the 76th
Congress, 1938; re-elected to 77th Congress, 1940;
re-elected 78th Congress, 1942; re-elected 79th
Congress, 1944.
LE COMPTE, K. M.
Republican
Fourth District Congressman—Corydon
Representative in Congress from the Fourth
Congressional District; was born in Wayne
county, Iowa, May 25, 1887; served as a private
in the World war; married; a graduate of the
State University of Iowa, 1909, from the college
of liberal arts; member of the state senate of the
37th and 38th General Assemblies of Iowa;
member of the Iowa Territorial Centennial Committee;
elected to the 76th, 77th, 78th and 79th
Congresses; owner and publisher of the Corydon
(Iowa) Times-Republican for many years.