History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/4/Howard W. Byers

by Benjamin F. Gue

HOWARD W. BYERS was born in Woodstock, Wisconsin, on Christmas Day, 1856. His education was acquired in the public schools of Wisconsin. In 1873 he came to Iowa, first locating on a farm near Garner, in Hancock County. Subsequently he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1888. He removed to Shelby County, where in 1893 he was elected Representative in the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, on the Republican ticket. He was reflected in 1895 and chosen Speaker of the House of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly. In 1899 Mr. Byers was again elected Representative, serving in the Twenty-eighth General Assembly. In the political contest for Governor in 1901, Mr. Byers was a warm supporter of Mr. Cummins for that position.