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Gurley, Zenas Hovey

educator, clergyman, legislator, orator, was born Feb. 24, 1842, in Hancock county, Ill. He received a thorough education in the schools of Illinois and Wisconsin, and became a successful educator and school director. He attained eminence as a clergyman and is a brilliant speaker. He served with distinction as a member of the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth general assemblies of the Iowa state legislature; was chairman of the committee on claims; a member of the committee on ways and means, appropriations, code revisions, insurance, mines and mining, constitutional amendments, municipal corporations, and penitentiaries. He possesses the courage of his convictions, and is an able and eloquent advocate before the people.