George D. Perkins

George Douglas Perkins (February 29, 1840 - February 3, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

Born in Holly, New York, Perkins attended the common schools.He moved to Wisconsin and learned the printer's trade in Baraboo, Sauk County.He moved to Iowa, established the Gazette in Cedar Falls in 1860, and continued that publication until 1866. Enlisted as a private in Company B, Thirty-first Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, August 12, 1862, and served until January 12, 1863.He went to Chicago, Illinois, and was engaged as agent of the Northwestern Associated Press until 1869.He moved to Sioux City, Iowa, in 1869 and became editor of the Journal.He served as member of the State senate 1874-1876.He served as commissioner of immigration for the State of Iowa 1880-1882.He was appointed United States marshal for the northern district of Iowa by President Arthur on January 29, 1883, and was removed by President Cleveland in 1885.

Perkins was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1899).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1898.He resumed his journalistic activities at Sioux City, Iowa.He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1876, 1880, 1888, 1908, and 1912.He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1904.He was editor and publisher of the Sioux City Journal.He died in Sioux City, Iowa, February 3, 1914.He was interred in Floyd Cemetery.

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