Bert Bandstra

Infobox_Congressman
name= Bert Bandstra


state= Iowa
district= 4th
preceded= John Henry Kyl
succeeded= John Henry Kyl
date of birth= birth date and age|1922|1|25
term= January 1965 – January 1967
place of birth= Monroe County, Iowa, United States
date of death=October 23, 1995
place of death=Pella, Iowa
spouse=
profession= Attorney
religion=Christian
party= Democrat|

Bert Andrew Bandstra (January 25, 1922 - October 23, 1995) served one term as a Democratic U.S. Representative from south central Iowa, winning election in 1964 but losing elections in 1966 and 1968.

Born in Monroe County, Iowa, Bandstra attended New Sharon High School.He served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945, then returned to Iowa.He graduated in 1950 from Central College in Pella, Iowa, then received a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1953. Returning to Iowa for private practice, he served as County Attorney for Marion County, Iowa from 1955 to 1959.He then served on the staff of Democratic United States Representative Neal Smith of Iowa from 1959 to 1964.

In 1964, as part of a Democratic landslide, Bandstra was elected to represent the Iowa's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. defeating incumbent Republican John Henry Kyl. However, like many other freshman Democrats elected in 1964 in Republican-leaning districts, Bandstra served only one term. Kyl regained his seat from Bandstra in 1966, and held off another challenge from Bandstra in 1968.

Bandstra died on October 23, 1995, in Pella. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery in Pella.

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