Hiram Kinsman Evans

Hiram Kinsman Evans (March 17, 1863 - July 9, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

Born in Walnut Township, Iowa, Evans attended the country schools and Seymour and Allerton (Iowa) High Schools.He was graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1886.He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Holdrege, Nebraska.He moved to Seymour, Iowa, in 1887, and to Corydon, Iowa, in 1889 and continued the practice of law.He served as prosecuting attorney for Wayne County 1891-1895.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1896 and 1897.He served as member of the board of regents of the University of Iowa 1897-1904.He served as mayor of Corydon 1901-1903.He served as judge of the third judicial district of Iowa from 1904 until 1923, when he resigned.

Evans was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Horace M. Towner and served from June 4, 1923, to March 3, 1925.He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1924.He resumed the practice of law in Corydon, Iowa.He was appointed by the Governor of Iowa as a member of the State board of parole on July 1, 1927, and served to July 1, 1933.He died in Corydon, Iowa, July 9, 1941.He was interred in Corydon Cemetery.

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