Clifford Branstad
Clifford Branstad | |
|---|---|
| Member of the 8th district | |
| In office January 8, 1979 – January 9, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Terry Branstad |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth De Groot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Clifford Orville Branstad April 23, 1924 Thompson, Iowa |
| Died | November 10, 2014 (aged 90) Lake Mills, Iowa |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Grace Martin (m. 1947–2014) |
Clifford Orville Branstad (April 23, 1924 – November 10, 2014) was an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives between 1979 and 1997.
Born in
Branstad began farming near Thompson in 1951, and began his political career by contesting the state legislative elections of 1978, succeeding his second cousin Terry Branstad as state representative from the eighth district in January 1979.[5][6] He won a second term in 1980, and from 1983 to his retirement in 1997 represented the sixteenth district.[1] In December 2006, Branstad was awarded a high school diploma from North Iowa High School,[3] which had formed from a merger between Thompson and Buffalo Center-Rake-Lakota High Schools in 1996.[7]
Branstad was a Lutheran.[8] He died in 2014, aged 90, survived by his wife, Grace Martin, whom he had married in 1947,[1] and four of his five children.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Clifford O. Branstad Legislative Profile". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "Julia G. Burnham". Globe Gazette. June 4, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ a b c Pieper, Mary (December 16, 2006). "An honor long overdue". Globe Gazette. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "Clifford O. Branstad Memorial Resolution". Iowa General Assembly. 2015. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b c Delperdang, Judy (November 12, 2014). "Clifford Branstad". Globe Gazette. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ a b Skipper, John (November 10, 2014). "Former legislator Clifford Branstad dies". Globe Gazette. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ Nicklay, Deb (January 26, 2006). "Districts will vote on plan to merge". Globe Gazette. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "[Unreadable title]". Des Moines Register. October 8, 1982. Retrieved February 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.