Benjamin F. Gue

Benjamin F. Gue ( born December 25, 1828 Greene County, New York, † June 1, 1904 in Polk County, Iowa ) was an American politician. Between 1866 and 1868 he was Deputy Governor of the State of Iowa.

Career

Benjamin Gue grew up on a farm in his New York home, which was known as a station of the Underground Railroad and had fled from the South slaves served as a stopover. From youth to Gue was an opponent of slavery. At the age of ten he lost his father. Together with his mother and his younger brothers, he carried on the farm. The mother also took care of a proper education of their children. In the spring of 1852 Benjamin Gue came with one of his brothers in the Scott County, Iowa, where they built a new farm. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854. In February 1856 he was a founding member of that party for Iowa. Between 1858 and 1862 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Iowa; 1862 to 1866 he was in the state Senate. Since 1864 Gue also worked in the newspaper business. At that time he was editor of the newspaper in Fort Dodge Iowa Northwest. This newspaper was close to the Republican Party.

1865 Gue was elected on the side of William M. Stone for Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. This post he held 1866-1868. Yet he was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. After that, he was still active in the newspaper industry. Since 1872 he lived in Des Moines. Between 1872 and 1880 he was the Federal Pension Commissioner for the states of Iowa and Nebraska. After that he was still in the newspaper business operates. Together with his son, he acquired the appearing in Des Moines newspaper, The Homestead, for which he had previously been employed. He has also written a four -volume treatise on the history of Iowa. He died on 1 June 1904. Since 1855, he was married to the late 1888 Elizabeth Parker, with whom he had four children.