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Moses Bloom
Moses Bloom (1833 – June 14, 1893〔(In Memoriam ), in the "Transactions of the Supreme Council of the 33d and last Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America", Scottish Rite (Masonic order), House of the Temple, 1893.〕) was a Jewish American politician, member of both houses of the Iowa General Assembly, and mayor of Iowa City, United States. Various publications name him as the first Jewish mayor of a major American city.
== Biography ==
Bloom was born in Alsace, France in 1833, and left the country in 1850. He settled in Iowa City in 1857 and opened a clothing store, thus becoming the first Jewish settler and the first long-time clothier in the city. At the time, Iowa City was the capital of the recently established State of Iowa, and rapidly growing. With the major railhead soon arriving to the city, the travelers brought new business and Bloom's "One Price Clothing House" became very successful.〔(Jewish Settlers in Iowa )〕 Bloom later opened two banks in the city.
Bloom's first public office was a city alderman, for which he was elected in 1860, at the age of 27. He distinguished himself as a public speaker, and was noted for his address atop a box car to men departing for Union Army service in the Civil War. In 1873, Bloom was elected mayor of Iowa City.〔(A Brief History Of Agudas Achim )〕 At the time, Iowa City had fewer than a dozen Jewish residents. He served as mayor for two years, until 1875.
In 1877, Moses Bloom was elected to Iowa House of Representatives.〔(History of Johnson County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, and its townships, cities and villages from 1836 to 1882 ), on the archive.org.〕 There, he became influential〔(Iowa: its history and its foremost citizens, Volume 2 ), by Johnson Brigham〕 and succeeded to secure budget support for the State University of Iowa, a “permanent annual endowment” of $20,000 a year.〔(Moses Bloom ), ''The Iowa City Press-Citizen'' "Past 150 years" project.〕〔(IOWA ), a ''Jewish Virtual Library'' website.〕 Bloom served two terms in the Iowa House (1877–1882), and then two terms in the Iowa Senate (1883–1888), representing Johnson County.〔(Moses Bloom ), on the Iowa General Assembly website.〕 In 1879, he pragmatically turned down the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (from the office establishment in 1858 and until 1892, only Republicans occupied the office).〔(IOWA'S BOURBON POW-WOW ), ''The New York Times'', May 22, 1879.〕 He was also a Freemason.〔(In Memoriam )〕
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