Horace Mann Towner (October 23 1855–November 23 1937) served over six terms as a Republican United States Representative from Iowa’s 8th congressional district and six years as the appointed Governor of Puerto Rico. In an era in which the federal government’s role in health and education was small he was an early leader of efforts to expand that role.
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