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Lester Jesse ("L. J." or "Dick") Dickinson (October 29, 1873June 4, 1968) was a Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. He was, in the words of ''Time'' magazine, "a big, friendly, white-thatched Iowa lawyer."〔(Fire v. Fire )," Time, 1936-05-11.〕 In early 1936 he dreamed of winning the presidency. However, the only race he would enter that year would be for his own seat in the Senate, and he would lose it. ==Personal background== Dickinson was born on a farm near Derby, Iowa in Lucas County, to Levi and Willimine Morton Dickinson.〔"Dickinson Dies at 94; a Senator," Des Moines Register, 1968-06-05 at 1.〕 When he was five, his family moved to another farm outside Danbury, Iowa, in Woodbury County.〔 As a boy, he worked on is father's farm, peddled milk from the dairy, practiced orations behind the barn, and clerked in a hardware store.〔 He graduated from Danbury High School in 1892, Cornell College (in Mount Vernon, Iowa) in 1898, and from University of Iowa College of Law at Iowa City in 1899. He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Algona, Iowa, Kossuth County in the north-central part of the state. He was a second lieutenant in the 52nd Infantry, Iowa National Guard, from 1900 to 1902 and was city clerk of Algona from 1900 to 1904. He was County Attorney for Kossuth County from 1909 to 1913. In 1910, he made an unsuccessful run for the Republican nomination for a seat in the Iowa House of Representatives.〔 He married Myrtle Call, daughter of Ambrose A. Call, one of the founders of Algona, in 1901.〔 According to ''Time'', he did not "drink, smoke, () take part in sports or society."〔 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「Lester J. Dickinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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