William Larrabee (Iowa)

William Larrabee ( born January 20, 1832 in Ledyard, Connecticut, † November 16, 1912 ) was an American politician ( Republican) and from 1886 to 1890 the 13th Governor of the state of Iowa.

Early years

William Larrabee was born the son of a professional soldier and West Point officer. He attended the local schools of his home. In 1853 he moved to Clermont in Iowa, where he worked as a teacher and a flour mill operation. During the American Civil War, Larrabee volunteered for the army. As a result of visual impairment in the right eye, which he had suffered in an accident as a child, he was not admitted to military service.

Political Rise and Governor of Iowa

Larrabee was a member of the Republican Party, whose founders he was in Iowa. Between 1867 and 1885 he sat in the Senate of Iowa. There he was a member of several committees. In 1885 he was elected governor of his state. He took up his new post on January 14, 1886 and after a very re-election in 1887 until February 27, 1890 remain in office. During his reign, some improvements have been made in the railway sector in Iowa. The Office of the railway officer was now occupied by elections and the Railway Committee was empowered to participate in the determination of fares and freight charges. Thus some injustices in this area have been eliminated.

Further CV

After his governorship to Larrabee retired to his estate at Montauk Clermont. Between 1898 and 1900, he was then a member of the newly created Control ( Board of Control ) of the Government of Iowa and a member of the Planning Commission for the contribution Iowa for the World Expo, which was held in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri. Politically, he supported Theodore Roosevelt. William Larrabee died in 1912. He was married to Anna Appleman, with whom he had seven children.