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On 03 Sep 2007 02:28:33 GMT, Alan Truism < @ >
wrote:

>[ /wiki/ ]
>
>Alva Lysander Hager (October 29, 1850 - January 29, 1923) was a .
>Representative from Iowa.
>
>Born near Jamestown, New York, Hager moved in 1859 to Iowa with his
>parents, who settled near Cottonville, Jackson County. He moved to Jones
>County in 1863. He attended the public schools of Monticello and Anamosa.
>He was graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa
>City in 1875. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice in
>Greenfield, Iowa. He served as member of the State senate in 1891. He
>served as chairman of the Iowa Republican State convention in 1892.
>
>Hager was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and
>Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1899). He was an
>unsuccessful candidate for reelection. He resumed the practice of law. He
>moved to Des Moines in 1901 and continued the practice of his profession.
>He engaged in banking 1911-1918. He died in Des Moines, Iowa, January 29,
>1923. He was interred in Harbach Funeral Home vault.
>
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