History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/4/William Loughridge

by Benjamin F. Gue

WILLIAM LOUGHRIDGE was born in Youngstown, Ohio, July 11, 1827. He received a common school education, studied law and began practice in Mansfield, Ohio. Coming to Iowa in 1852 he located at Oskaloosa where he practiced law. In 1856 he was elected on the Republican ticket to the State Senate, serving four years. In 1861 he was chosen judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, serving until January, 1867. He was elected to Congress in 1866 and twice reëlected, being a member of the Fortieth, Forty-first and Forty-third Congresses.