Joel Prescott Heatwole was a U.S. House Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Minnesota

Minnesota

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.

He was born at Waterford Mills

Waterford Mills, Indiana

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, Indiana

Indiana

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. He attended the public schools, and learned the printer’s trade. Later he taught school and became superintendent of the Millersburg, Indiana

Millersburg, Indiana

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 School District.

He left that vocation and was employed by the Millersburg local newspaper in 1876 and afterward became editor and proprietor. He moved to Minnesota in 1882 and settled in Glencoe

Glencoe, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,453 people, 2,103 households, and 1,446 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,045.6 people per square mile . There were 2,169 housing units at an average density of 813.7 per square mile...

. In 1884 he moved to Northfield

Northfield, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,147 people, 4,909 households, and 3,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,452.2 people per square mile . There were 5,119 housing units at an average density of 732.1 per square mile...

 and published the Northfield News.

He was a delegate to the Republican

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 State conventions in 1886 and 1888; elected secretary of the Republican State central committee in 1886 and 1888 and served as chairman in 1890; delegate to the Republican National Convention

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 in 1888. He was appointed a member of the Board of Regents of the State University in 1890. He was president of the State Editorial Association.

Politics

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the 53rd Congress

53rd United States Congress

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, but was elected mayor of Northfield in 1894. He was elected as a Republican to the 54th

54th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :...

, 55th

55th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:* Republican: 206 * Democratic: 124* Populist: 22* Silver Republican: 3* Silver: 1* Independent Republican: 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Garret Hobart * President pro tempore: William P...

, 56th

56th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones...

, and 57th Congresses

57th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter....

, (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903). He served as chairman of the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics

United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics

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 (55th Congress).

He did not seek renomination in 1902. He resumed his former newspaper pursuits. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota

Governor of Minnesota

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 in 1908 and died in Northfield, Minnesota, aged 53, and interred in Oaklawn Cemetery there.

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