| LC control no. | n 88218771 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dolliver, Jonathan P. (Jonathan Prentiss), 1858-1910 |
| Variant(s) | Dolliver, Jonathan Prentiss, 1858-1910 |
| Birth date | 1858-02-06 |
| Death date | 1910-10-05 |
| Place of birth | Kingwood (W. Va.) |
| Place of death | Fort Dodge (Iowa) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from U. of Iowa Lib. for Harbert, A.N. Collection of railroadiana, 1867-1937 (Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver, 1858-1910) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Dolliver, Jonathan Prentiss, 1858-1910; usage: Jonathan P. Dolliver) Bio. Dir. Am. Cong., 1961 (Dolliver, Jonathan Prentiss; rep. and senator from Iowa; b. near Kingwood, Preston County, Va. (now W. Va.), 1858; d. 1910) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed January 31,2024: (Dolliver, Jonathan Prentiss, (uncle of James Isaac Dolliver), a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born near Kingwood, Preston County, Va. (now West Virginia), February 6, 1858; attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of West Virginia at Morgantown in 1876; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Fort Dodge, Iowa; city solicitor of Fort Dodge 1880-1887; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1889, to August 22, 1900, when he resigned to become Senator; chairman, Committee on Expenditures (Fifty-sixth Congress); appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1900 to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1901, caused by the death of John H. Gear; reappointed and subsequently elected for the term beginning March 4, 1901; reelected in 1907 and served from August 22, 1900, until his death in Fort Dodge, Iowa, October 15, 1910; chairman, Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fifty-seventh through Fifty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Education and Labor (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Sixty-first Congress); interment in Oakland Cemetery.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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