Gilbert N. Haugen

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Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21, 1859 - July 18, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

Born near Orfordville, Wisconsin, Haugen attended the rural schools. He moved to Decorah, Iowa, in 1873 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He attended Breckenridge College, Decorah, Iowa, and Academic and Commercial College, Janesville, Wisconsin. He engaged in various enterprises, principally real estate and banking. He moved to Northwood, Iowa, in 1886 and engaged in banking. Treasurer of Worth County, Iowa from 1887 to 1893. In 1890 organized the Northwood Banking Co. and became its president. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1894-1898.

Haugen was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1933). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Sixtieth Congress), Committee on Agriculture (Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses). Co-sponsor of the McNary-Haugen farm bill in 1927. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. He died at Northwood, Iowa, July 18, 1933. He was interred in Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood, Iowa.

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Preceded by
'		 Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee
1919 - 1931		 Succeeded by
John Marvin Jones