Bio. of Oliver P. Myers ~ husband of Leah (McFarlane) Myers
IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934
BIOGRAPHIES
STATE SENATORS
OLIVER P. MYERS, NEWTON. - Senator from the twenty-ninth district, Jasper
county, was born in Cedar township, Washington county, Iowa, July 30, 1856.
Graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1880. From 1895 to 1899 he was
county superintendent of schools in Beadle county, Huron, South Dakota. He
married Leah McFarlane in 1897, and they have three children - Kenneth, Ruth,
and Dorothy-all graduated from state schools. By profession he is a lawyer at
Newton, Iowa. Elected state senator in 1930. Died during the session of
the forty-fifth general assembly and at a special election in his district, Mr.
Tripp was elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Myers was a democrat.
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