Herschel Cellel Loveless (May 5, 1911 May 4, 1989) was the 34th Governor of Iowa, from 1957 to 1961. He was also mayor of Ottumwa, Iowa

Ottumwa, Iowa

Ottumwa is a city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 24,998 at the 2000 census. It is located in the southeastern part of Iowa, and the city is split into northern and southern halves by the Des Moines River....

. He was born in 1911 in Hedrick, Iowa

Hedrick, Iowa

Hedrick is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 837 at the 2000 census. Hedrick is notable for its well-preserved brick Main Street and its depot...

 and died in 1989 in Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia

Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. The city's population was 26,203 according to the 2010 Census...

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Loveless was reelected governor in 1958, and was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 in 1960. However, Loveless lost to Norman A. Erbe

Norman A. Erbe

Norman Arthur Erbe was the 35th Governor of Iowa from 1961 to 1963.-Biography:He was born in Boone, Iowa. He served as an infantry officer in the United States Army from 1941 to 1943. He then transferred to the United States Army Air Corps as a pilot, spending the rest of World War II as a pilot...

. He is interred at the Ottumwa cemetery in Ottumwa.

External links

• National Governors Association