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Bourke B. Hickenlooper

Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper (July 21, 1896 – September 4, 1971), was an American politician and member of the Republican Party, first elected to statewide office in Iowa as lieutenant governor, serving from 1939 to 1943 and then as the 29th Governor of Iowa from 1943 to 1945. Hickenlooper was first elected to the United States Senate in 1944. He served in the Senate from 1945 to 1969.

Bourke B. Hickenlooper

John K. Valentine

Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper

(1896-07-21)July 21, 1896
Blockton, Iowa, U.S.

September 4, 1971(1971-09-04) (aged 75)
Shelter Island, New York, U.S.

Cedar Memorial Park cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Verna Eilene Bensch

Politician, Attorney

Death[edit]

Hickenlooper died in 1971 in Shelter Island, New York and is buried at the Cedar Memorial Park cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Congressional Biography

Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine

Biographical notes and descriptions of archive of Hickenlooper's congressional papers and notes