William Loughridge

William Loughridge
William Loughridge
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Iowa's 6th district
	In office; March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	Jackson Orr
Succeeded by	Ezekiel S. Sampson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Iowa's 4th district
	In office; March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871
Preceded by	Josiah B. Grinnell
Succeeded by	Madison M. Walden
Personal details
Born	July 11, 1827; Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 26, 1889 (aged 62); Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S
Political party	Republican

William Loughridge (July 11, 1827 – September 26, 1889) was a pioneer attorney, judge, and three-term United States Congressman from Iowa.

He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where he attended the common schools. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Mansfield, Ohio. He moved to Iowa in 1852 and settled in Oskaloosa, in Mahaska County.

He served as a member of the Iowa Senate from 1857 to 1860. In 1861 he became a judge of the sixth judicial circuit of Iowa, serving until 1867.

In the 1866 Republican district convention for Iowa's 4th congressional district, Loughridge upset incumbent Congressman Josiah B. Grinnell, winning (by thirteen votes) the nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives seat then held by Grinnell.^[1] After winning the general election and serving in the Fortieth United States Congress, Loughridge was re-elected in 1868 and served in the Forty-first United States Congress. In the 1870 Republican district convention, Loughridge was upset by Madison Miner Walden.^[2] Walden won the general election.^[3] However, when Walden ran for renomination in 1872 (in what was reapportioned in 1871 as Iowa's 6th congressional district), Loughridge turned the tables on Walden, ousting Walden.^[4]

Loughridge served only one term representing the new Sixth District. He sought renomination, but in the 1874 district convention ballotting, he finished behind his eventual successor, Ezekiel S. Sampson, and Sampson's successor, James B. Weaver (who had not yet left the Republican Party for the Greenback Party).^[5] In all, Loughridge served in Congress from March 4, 1867, to March 3, 1871, and from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875.

He died near Reading, Pennsylvania, and is buried in Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa.

References

^ "The Congressional Nomination in the Fourth District," Davenport Daily Gazette, 1866-06-18, at p. 2.
^ "The Fourth District," Davenport Daily Gazette, 1870-08-20 at p. 1.
^ Editorial, "Walden's Majority," Centerville Weekly Citizen, 1872-11-05 at p. 2.
^ "Radical Trouble," Dubuque Herald, 1872-08-01 at p. 1.
^ "Local Matters," Iowa State Reporter, 1874-07-22 at p. 5.

United States Congress. "William Loughridge (id: L000451)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell	U.S. House of Representatives, 4th Iowa District 1867–1871	Succeeded by Madison Miner Walden
Preceded by Jackson Orr	U.S. House of Representatives, 6th Iowa District 1873–1875	Succeeded by Ezekiel Silas Sampson

[1] "The Congressional Nomination in the Fourth District," Davenport Daily Gazette, 1866-06-18, at p. 2.

[2] "The Fourth District," Davenport Daily Gazette, 1870-08-20 at p. 1.

[3] Editorial, "Walden's Majority," Centerville Weekly Citizen, 1872-11-05 at p. 2.

[4] "Radical Trouble," Dubuque Herald, 1872-08-01 at p. 1.

[5] "Local Matters," Iowa State Reporter, 1874-07-22 at p. 5.

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v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa
1st	W. Thompson Miller Henn A. Hall S. Curtis J. F. Wilson McCrary Stone McCoid B. Hall Gear Seerley Gear S. Clark Hedge Kennedy Kopp Eicher Martin Schwengel Schmidhauser Schwengel Mezvinsky Leach Nussle Braley Blum Finkenauer Hinson Miller-Meeks
2nd	Leffler L. Clark J. P. Cook Thorington Davis Vandever Price Smyth W. Wolf Cotton Tufts Price Farwell Murphy Hayes G. Curtis Lane Rumple Wade Dawson Pepper Vollmer Hull Letts B. Jacobsen W. Jacobsen Talle L. Wolf Bromwell Culver Blouin Tauke Nussle Leach Loebsack Miller-Meeks Hinson
3rd	Allison Donnan Ainsworth Burdick Updegraff Henderson Birdsall Pickett Connolly Sweet Robinson Willford Gwynne Gross Grassley Evans Nagle Lightfoot Boswell Latham Young Axne Nunn
4th	Grinnell Loughridge Walden Pratt Deering Weller Fuller Sweney Butler Updegraff Haugen Biermann Talle LeCompte Carter Kyl Bandstra Kyl N. Smith Ganske Latham King Feenstra
5th	Kasson G. Dodge Palmer J. Wilson R. Clark W. G. Thompson J. Wilson Frederick Kerr J. Hamilton Cousins Good Cole Thurston LeCompte Cunningham N. Smith Scherle Harkin Lightfoot Grandy Latham King
6th	A. Hubbard Pomeroy Orr Loughridge Sampson Weaver Cutts J. C. Cook Cutts J. C. Cook Weaver Lacey White Lacey D. Hamilton Kendall Kirkpatrick Ramseyer Dowell Utterback Dowell Goodwin Cunningham Gilchrist J. I. Dolliver Coad Hoeven Greigg Mayne Bedell Grandy
7th	Kasson Cummings E. Gillette Kasson H. Smith Conger Hays Hull Prouty Dowell Wearin Jensen Hansen Scherle
8th	McDill Sapp Hepburn Anderson Flick Hepburn Jamieson Towner Evans Thurston Gilchrist Hoeven
9th	Orr Oliver Carpenter Pusey Lyman Reed Bowman Hager McPherson W. Smith Green Vincent Swanson G. Gillette Harrington Narey
10th	Holmes J. P. Dolliver Conner Woods Dickinson Gilchrist
11th	Struble Perkins Thomas E. Hubbard Scott Steele Scott Boies Campbell
AL	Hastings Leffler
Terr	Chapman A. Dodge

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