Show SENATOR DOLLIVER CALLED heart disease ends career of noted iowa statesman who was a leading insurgent fort dodge iowa united states senator jonathan prentiss i ip DoUl olliver vcr died at ills his home saturday night dilation of tho the heart was fatal to him senator dolliver Doll lver was in ili his year lie he had not been in good health for some time the son soil of a methodist preacher senator dolliver Doll lver was a sincere and prominent member of that denor denomination nina ile ho was born in what Is now west virginia in 1858 and graduated in 1875 1975 from west virginia university later on with ills his father lie he re ol 01 M JONATHAN P DOLLIVER united states senator from iowa moved to iowa he was admitted to the bar in 1878 began his political career by being elected to the fifty first congress was elected to the succeeding congresses up to and including the fifty sixth and in 1900 was appointed to the senate from iowa to succeed senator john ll II gear in the republican convention of 1900 which nominated theodore roosevelt for president senator dolliver was a prominent candidate for that office until hanna platt and quay and some others wanted to nominate mr roosevelt senator dolliver Doll lver was a leading insurgent in the senate but he had a high admiration for president tatt taft although he was not regarded as a very welcome visitor at the white house |