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:For the American photographer, see ''Guy Gillette (photographer)''. Guy Mark Gillette (February 3, 1879March 3, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again. ==Personal background== Born in Cherokee, Iowa, he attended public school and graduated from Drake University Law School in Des Moines in 1900.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gillette, Guy Mark, (1879–1973) )〕 He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Cherokee. During the Spanish–American War, he served as a sergeant in the Fifty-second Iowa Regiment in the United States Army, but never saw combat.〔(Oral History of Stewart McClure, Part 1 (Service on Gillette Senate Staff) ), at 5.〕 He volunteered to fight against the British in Africa in the Boer War, but was turned down.〔 Returning to Iowa, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was the city attorney of Cherokee in 1906–1907. He became the prosecuting attorney of Cherokee County from 1907 to 1909 and a member of the Iowa State Senate from 1912 to 1916. During the First World War, he served as a captain in the United States Army. He ran unsuccessfully for Iowa State Auditor in 1918, and returned to Cherokee to farm.〔Mark R. Finlay, "(Guy Mark Gillette )," in ''The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa'', p. 188 (2008).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Guy Gillette」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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