Hiram Price
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| In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
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| Preceded by | William Vandever John Q. Tufts |
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| Succeeded by | William Smyth Sewall S. Farwell |
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| Born | January 10, 1814 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Died | May 30, 1901 Washington, D.C., USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Politician, Banker, Merchant, Bookkeeper, Bank President, Railroad President |
Hiram Price (January 10, 1814 – May 30, 1901) was a nineteenth century politician, banker, merchant, bookkeeper, bank president and railroad president from Iowa.
Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Price attended common schools as a child and engaged in agricultural pursuits on his father’s farm for several years. He worked as a bookkeeper for a large commission house near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and equipped himself for mercantile life. He moved to Davenport, Iowa in 1844 where he engaged in the mercantile business, served as collector, treasurer and recorder of Scott County, Iowa and was president of the State Bank of Iowa from 1859 to 1866. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood appointed Price paymaster general of Iowa troops to whom he advanced large sums of money. He was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1862, serving from 1863 to 1869, declining renomination in 1868. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims from 1863 to 1865 and of the Committee on Pacific Railroads from 1865 to 1869. Afterwards, he served as president of the First National Bank of Davenport in 1873 and president of the Davenport and St. Paul Railroad. Price was elected back to the House of Representatives in 1876, serving again from 1877 to 1881, declining renomination in 1880. He was appointed chief clerk of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1881 and later the same year was appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President James A. Garfield, serving from 1881 to 1885. Price lived in Washington, D.C. until his death there on May 30, 1901. He was interned in Oakdale Cemetery in Davenport, Iowa.
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| Preceded by William Vandever |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 |
Succeeded by William Smyth |
| Preceded by John Q. Tufts |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
Succeeded by Sewall S. Farwell |
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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