Albert Baird Cummins

United States politician
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Quick Facts
Born:
Feb. 15, 1850, Carmichaels, Pa., U.S.
Died:
July 30, 1926, Des Moines, Iowa (aged 76)
Political Affiliation:
Republican Party

Albert Baird Cummins (born Feb. 15, 1850, Carmichaels, Pa., U.S.—died July 30, 1926, Des Moines, Iowa) was an American lawyer, state governor, and U.S. senator, a noted progressive during the first quarter of the 20th century. Educated at Waynesburg (Pa.) College, Cummins studied surveying, worked in railroad construction, and then studied law in Chicago, practicing there for three years. In 1878 he moved to Des Moines and soon became its leading lawyer. Beginning in the Iowa House of Representatives in 1888, he served the Republicans as state central committee chairman (1892–96), member of the national committee (1896–1900), and delegate to ...(100 of 263 words)