David C. Cloud

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|name=David C. Cloud

|image=DavidCCloud.jpeg

|state_house=Iowa

|district=25th

|term_start=December 1, 1856

|term_end=January 10, 1858

|office2=1st Attorney General of Iowa

|term_start2=1853

|term_end2=1856

|preceded2=District created

|successor2=Samuel Allen Rice

|birth_name=David Caesar Cloud

|birth_date={{birth date|1817|1|29}}

|birth_place=Champaign County, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1903|7|10|1817|1|29}}

|death_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|party=Democratic

|profession=Politician, writer, lawyer

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David Caesar Cloud (January 29, 1817 – July 10, 1903) was an American politician, writer, and lawyer who served as the first Attorney General of Iowa from 1853 to 1856. He subsequently served in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing the 25th legislative district of Iowa from 1856 to 1858.

Early life and education

Cloud was born in Champaign County, Ohio on January 29, 1817. He moved to Muscatine in Iowa Territory in 1839.

Cloud was a carpenter and studied law.

Career

Cloud was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1846. In 1851, he was elected county attorney for Muscatine County, Iowa.

Cloud served as the first Attorney General of Iowa from 1853 to 1856 as a member of the Democratic Party. He subsequently served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1856 to 1858 and continued to practice law.{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=5716|title=David Caesar Cloud|publisher=Iowa General Assembly|access-date=October 22, 2016}}

Personal life and death

Cloud supported President Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party due to the party's opposition to slavery. He wrote several books on monopolies and the war powers of the president of the United States.

At the 1872 Democratic National Convention, Cloud supported Horace Greeley for the presidency.

Cloud moved to Chicago, Illinois due to his age and health, where he died at the age of 86 on July 10, 1903.{{cite news|title=First Attorney-General Of The State Passes Away|work=Muscatine Journal|date=July 11, 1903|page=2}}

References

External links

[https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=5716 Official page] at the Iowa General Assembly
[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html David C. Cloud] at The Political Graveyard

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Category:1817 births

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Category:Iowa attorneys general