Robert G. Cousins

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Robert G. Cousins, 1896

Robert Gordon Cousins (born January 31, 1859 in Tipton , Cedar County , Iowa , †  June 20, 1933 in Iowa City , Iowa) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1909 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Cousins ​​attended the public schools in his home country and then Cornell College at Mount Vernon until 1881 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1882, he began to practice in Tipton in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1886 he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives. Between 1888 and 1890 he was a district attorney in Cedar County.

In 1892, Cousins ​​was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Iowa . There he took over on March 4, 1893, succeeding John Taylor Hamilton of the Democratic Party . After seven re-elections, by March 3, 1909, he was able to complete a total of eight consecutive terms in Congress . Between 1897 and 1907 he was chairman of the committee that controlled the expenditure of the Treasury; from 1907 to 1909 he was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. During his time in Congress, the 1898 Spanish-American War took place. At that time, the Philippines , among others, fell under American control. Independently of this war, the former Kingdom of Hawaii came under American administration in 1898 .

In 1908, Cousins ​​declined to run again. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer in Tipton. He also worked as a writer and gave lectures. Robert Cousins ​​died in Iowa City on June 20, 1933 and was buried near Tipton.

Web links

  • Robert G. Cousins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)