- William P. Wolf
William Penn Wolf (
December 1 ,1833 –September 19 ,1896 ) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge fromIowa .Born in
Harrisburg, Ohio , Wolf attended public schools as a child and later Holbrook Seminary. He moved toCedar County, Iowa in 1856, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859, commencing practice inTipton, Iowa . He served as superintendent of public schools and was a member of theIowa House of Representatives in 1863 and 1864. During the Civil War, Wolf served ascaptain of Company I of the46th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment . He was appointed assistant assessor of internal revenue in 1865, was a member of theIowa Senate from 1867 to 1869 and was elected a Republican to theUnited States House of Representatives to fill a vacancy in 1870, serving until 1871. Afterwards, Wolf resumed practicing law inTipton, Iowa , was again a member of theIowa House of Representatives from 1881 to 1885, serving as Speaker of the House in 1884, and was elected a judge of the eighteenth judicial district in the fall of 1894 and served until his death inTipton, Iowa onSeptember 19 ,1896 . He was interned in Masonic Cemetery in Tipton.External links
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