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Cummings, Henry J. B

soldier, journalist, lawyer, congressman, was born May 21, 1831, in Newton, N. J. He served with distinction through the civil war; was captain of the fourth regiment, Iowa volunteer infantry, in 1861-62; and colonel of the thirty-ninth regiment during 1862- 65. He was twice solicitor of Winterset, Iowa; twice served as its mayor; and was twice county attorney of Madison county, Iowa. Since 1869 he has been the editor and proprietor of The Winterset Madisonian. He served with distinction as a member of the forty-fifth congress from the Des Moines district.