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American politician (1922?1995)
Bert Andrew Bandstra
(January 25, 1922 ? October 23, 1995) served one term as a Democratic
U.S. Representative
from south central
Iowa
, winning election in 1964 but losing elections in 1966 and 1968.
Born in
Monroe County, Iowa
to
Dutch
immigrants,
[1]
Bandstra attended New Sharon High School. He served in the
United States Navy
from 1942 to 1945, then returned to Iowa. He graduated in 1950 from
Central College
in
Pella, Iowa
, then received a
law degree
from the
University of Michigan Law School
in
Ann Arbor, Michigan
in 1953. Returning to Iowa for private practice, he served as
County Attorney
for
Marion County, Iowa
from 1955 to 1959. He then served on the staff of Democratic
United States Representative
Neal Edward Smith
of Iowa from 1959 to 1964.
In 1964, as part of a Democratic landslide, Bandstra was elected to represent
Iowa's 4th congressional district
in the U.S. House of Representatives. defeating incumbent
Republican
John Henry Kyl
.
In 1965 Bandstra proposed a resolution to alter the
national anthem
.
[2]
Bandstra served only one term. Kyl regained his seat from Bandstra in 1966, and held off another challenge from Bandstra in 1968.
Bandstra died on October 23, 1995, in Pella.
[3]
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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