Jans Dykhouse Explained

Jans Dykhouse
Office1:Member of the Iowa Senate from the 24th district
Term Start1:January 8, 1945
Term End1:January 11, 1965
Predecessor1:Edwin Schluter
Successor1:Max Mills
Office2:Member of the Iowa Senate from the 49th district
Term Start2:January 13, 1941
Term End2:January 8, 1945
Predecessor2:Charles Hoeven
Successor2:Duane Dewel
Office3:Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 99th district
Term Start3:January 11, 1937
Term End3:January 13, 1941
Predecessor3:William Oehmke
Successor3:Melvin Burns
Birth Date:9 December 1889
Birth Place:Hastings, Nebraska
Death Place:Rock Rapids, Iowa
Party:Republican

Jans T. Dykhouse (December 9, 1889 – May 24, 1981) was an American politician.

Born in Hastings, Nebraska, on December 9, 1889, Dykehouse was raised in Lyon County, Iowa, where his family had moved in 1892. He graduated from Rock Rapids High School and the University of Dubuque. After completing his college education in 1916, Dykehouse worked as a banker for fifteen years, and subsequently diversified his business interests into real estate, insurance, and farming.

Dykhouse was affiliated with the Republican Party. He won election to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1936 and 1938, serving District 99. Dykhouse contested the 1940 Iowa Senate election, and won the District 49 seat for a single four-year term. He was reelected to the Iowa Senate five times thereafter, as the legislator representing District 24.

Dykhouse attended the Rock Rapids United Methodist Church. He married Little Rock native Dora Getting in October 1917, with whom he raised three children.[1] He died on May 24, 1981, in Rock Rapids, Iowa at age 91.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jans T. Dykhouse . Iowa General Assembly . 2021-02-05.
  2. Web site: The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa on May 26, 1981 · Page 5 . Newspapers.com . 1981-05-26 . 2021-02-05.