Dollliver, Jonathan Prentiss. United States senator, lawyer. Born near Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, February 6, 1858. Graduated at West Virginia University, 1875. Admitted to bar 1878; established practice in Iowa. Member 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th Congresses, tenth Iowa district. Appointed United States senator to succeed late Hon. J. H. Gear, August 23, 1900. Elected 1902, re-elected 1907. He earned a high reputation as an orator and lecturer. Died 1910.

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