Alva Hager | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's9th district | |
| In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Bowman |
| Succeeded by | Smith McPherson |
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| Born | (1850-10-29)October 29, 1850 Jamestown, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 29, 1923(1923-01-29) (aged 72) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | University of Iowa |
Alva Lysander Hager (October 29, 1850 – January 29, 1923) was a three-termRepublicanU.S. Representative fromIowa's 9th congressional district in the 1890s.
Born nearJamestown, New York, Hager moved in 1859 to Iowa with his parents, who settled nearCottonville, inJackson County. He moved toJones County in 1863. He attended the public schools ofMonticello andAnamosa. He graduated from theUniversity of Iowa College of Law in 1875. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice inGreenfield, in southwestern Iowa. He served as member of theIowa Senate in 1891. He served as chairman of the Iowa Republican State convention in 1892.
In 1892, the U.S. House seat for Iowa's 9th congressional district was open because incumbent DemocratThomas Bowman did not seek a second term. Hager won the Republican nomination and the general election. After serving in the53rd United States Congress, he was re-elected twice, serving in theFifty-fourth, andFifty-fifth Congresses.
In August 1898, Hager was defeated bySmith McPherson in the race for theRepublican nomination for Hager's seat. There were four serious candidates for the nomination. For several days, no candidate received the required number of votes, but McPherson prevailed on the 618th ballot, after Hager threw his support to him.[1] In all, Hager served from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1899.
After leaving Congress, Hager resumed the practice of law. He moved toDes Moines in 1901 and continued the practice of his profession. He engaged in banking from 1911 to 1918. He died in Des Moines on January 29, 1923. He was interred in Hrabak Funeral Home vault.
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