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Howard Webster Byers (December 25, 1856 – March 24, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in
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Richland County, Wisconsin Richland County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,304. Its county seat is Richland Center. The county was created from the Wisconsin Territory in 1842 and organized in 1850. It is named f ...
, Byers moved with his parents to
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. Byers was educated in the public schools in Wisconsin and Iowa. Byers read law and was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1888. He practiced law in
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. From 1894 to 1898 and from 1900 to 1902, Byers served in the
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and was a Republican. He also served as speaker of the house. Then from 1907 to 1909, Byers served as Iowa Attorney General. He moved in
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. Byers died at a hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.'Byers, Former Attorney General, Dies,' The Des Moines Tribune Capital, March 24, 1928, pg. 1, 2


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1856 births 1928 deaths People from Richland County, Wisconsin People from Harlan, Iowa Politicians from Des Moines, Iowa Iowa lawyers Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives Speakers of the Iowa House of Representatives Iowa attorneys general 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century members of the Iowa General Assembly 20th-century members of the Iowa General Assembly {{Iowa-politician-stub