Cyrus C. Carpenter
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Cyrus Clay Carpenter (November 24, 1829 - May 29, 1898) was a governor and U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Born near Harford, Pennsylvania, Carpenter attended the common schools, and was graduated from Harford Academy in 1853. He moved to Iowa in 1854 and engaged in teaching and afterwards in land surveying. He studied law but never practiced.
- County surveyor of Webster County in 1856.
- He served as member of the State house of representatives 1858-1860.
- During the Civil War was appointed captain of Volunteers March 24, 1862, lieutenant colonel September 26, 1864, and brevet colonel of Volunteers July 12, 1865.
- Registrar of the State land office 1866-1868.
- Governor of Iowa 1872-1876.
- Second Comptroller of the Treasury from January 1876 to September 1877.
- He was appointed railroad commissioner of Iowa March 26, 1878.
- Carpenter was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883).
- He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.
- He again served in the State house of representatives 1884-1886.
- Postmaster of Fort Dodge 1889-1893.
- He engaged in the management of his farm and in the real-estate business.
- He died in Fort Dodge, Iowa, May 29, 1898.
- He was interred in Oakland Cemetery in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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