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WILLIAM G. DONNAN was born at West Charleston,
New York, on the 30th of June, 1834. He lived on a farm in
boyhood and was educated at Cambridge Academy. He entered
Union College later and graduated in 1856. In September of
the same year he came to Iowa and located at Independence
where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857.
In September he was elected recorder and treasurer of the
county and served until 1862, when he enlisted in the Union
army and was elected lieutenant. He won rapid promotion in
the service until he reached the rank of major before the
close of the war. In 1867 he was elected to the State
Senate on the Republican ticket, serving four years. He was
largely instrumental in securing the establishment of the
Hospital for the Insane at Independence. In 1870 he
received the Republican nomination for Representative in
Congress for the Third District and was elected by a
majority of 4,964. He was reelected in 1872, serving two
terms, declining a third. In 1884 he was a delegate to the
Republican National Convention and voted for the nomination
of President Arthur. IOWA IN THE CIVIL WAR
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