Joel Heatwole | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMinnesota's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 | |
| Preceded by | Osee M. Hall |
| Succeeded by | Charles Russell Davis |
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| Born | Joel Prescott Heatwole (1856-08-22)August 22, 1856 Waterford Mills, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | April 4, 1910(1910-04-04) (aged 53) Northfield, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Gertrude L. Robinson |
| Residence | Northfield, Minnesota |
| Occupation | Printer, Editor, Proprietor, Superintendent |
Joel Prescott Heatwole (August 22, 1856 – April 4, 1910) was aU.S. House Representative fromMinnesota.
He was born atWaterford Mills,Indiana. He attended the public schools, and learned the printer's trade. Later he taught school and became superintendent of theMillersburg, Indiana School District.
He left that vocation and was employed by the Millersburg local newspaper in 1876 and afterward became editor and proprietor. He moved to Minnesota in 1882 and settled inGlencoe. In 1884 he moved toNorthfield and published theNorthfield News.
He was a delegate to theRepublican State conventions in 1886 and 1888; elected secretary of the Republican State central committee in 1886 and 1888 and served as chairman in 1890; delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1888. He was appointed a member of the Board of Regents of the State University in 1890. He was president of the State Editorial Association.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the53rd Congress, but was elected mayor of Northfield in 1894. He was elected as a Republican to the54th,55th,56th, and57th Congresses, (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903). He served as chairman of theCommittee on Ventilation and Acoustics (55th Congress).
He did not seek renomination in 1902. He resumed his former newspaper pursuits. He was an unsuccessful candidate forGovernor of Minnesota in 1908 and died in Northfield, Minnesota, aged 53, and interred in Oaklawn Cemetery there.
The unincorporated community ofHeatwole, Minnesota is named in his honor.
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| Preceded by | U.S. Representative fromMinnesota's 3rd congressional district 1895 – 1903 | Succeeded by |
