| Gene Blanshan | |
| Office: | Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 88th district |
| Term Start: | January 10, 1983 |
| Term End: | January 10, 1993 |
| Predecessor: | George Swearingen |
| Successor: | Horace Daggett |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Boone, Iowa |
| Party: | Democratic |
Eugene Henry "Gene" Blanshan (born December 16, 1948) is an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 88th district from 1983 to 1993.[1] [2]
Blanshan was born in Boone, Iowa, the son of Harold Irwin Blanshan (1916-2001) and Gladys Mildred Rueter Blanshan (1919-2004). His parents had married on April 20, 1941 in Grand Junction, Iowa. His father served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II.
Blanshan graduated from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. He is a descendant of Louis DuBois (Huguenot) and the Hasbrouck family.[3]