# Theodore Perry

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{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder
 | honorific_prefix = 
 | name             = Theodore B. Perry
 | honorific_suffix = 
 | image            = Theodore Bolivar Perry.png
 | alt              = 
 | state_senate     = Iowa
 | district         = [15th](/source/Iowa_Senate%2C_District_15) 
 | party            = [Democrat](/source/Iowa_Democratic_Party)<ref name="il"/> 
 | term_start       = January 11, 1892
 | term_end         = January 12, 1896
 | predecessor      = [Edward R. Cassatt](/source/Edward_R._Cassatt) 
 | successor        = [Samuel Druet](/source/Samuel_Druet)
 | prior_term       =
 | birth_name       = Theodore Bolivar Perry
 | birth_date       = {{birth date|1833|04|01}}  
 | birth_place      = [Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati), United States
 | death_date       = {{Death date and age|1921|05|14|1833|04|01}}
|death_place = [Albia, Iowa](/source/Albia%2C_Iowa)
}}

'''Theodore Bolivar Perry''' (April 1, 1833 – May 14, 1921) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the [Iowa State Senate](/source/Iowa_State_Senate) and as prosecuting attorney of [Monroe County, Iowa](/source/Monroe_County%2C_Iowa).

Perry was born in [Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati) and, as an adolescent, moved with his family to [Iowa](/source/Iowa).<ref name="il">{{cite web|title=Senator Theodore Bolivar Perry|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=24&personID=3894|website=The Iowa Legislature|publisher=[State of Iowa](/source/State_of_Iowa)|access-date=August 6, 2017}}</ref> In early adulthood, he was a schoolteacher and, in 1852 began [reading law](/source/reading_law) in [Albia, Iowa](/source/Albia%2C_Iowa).<ref name="il"/>

In 1854 Perry was admitted to the Iowa Bar and went into practice with [John S. Townsend](/source/John_S._Townsend).<ref name="il"/> Perry became a successful attorney, was elected prosecuting attorney of [Monroe County, Iowa](/source/Monroe_County%2C_Iowa), and also developed several commercial properties in Albia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bought Lot for $300|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39968431/des-moines-tribune/|access-date=February 19, 2018|work=[Des Moines Tribune](/source/Des_Moines_Tribune)|page=29|date=July 4, 1962|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|title=NPS Historic Places Nomination Form|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/8b958deb-edf2-464e-a1cb-8fe0ef6f0f0f|website=nps.gov|publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)|access-date=August 6, 2017}}</ref> He was elected to the Iowa State Board of Education in 1858, serving for four years.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Theodore Bolivar Perry|journal=Annals of Iowa|date=Fall 1923|volume=14|issue=12|page=160|doi=10.17077/0003-4827.6725|doi-access=free}}</ref> In 1877 he built a large "show residence" in Albia – an elaborate, High Victorian home that has since been listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places).<ref name="nps"/> He was later elected to the [Iowa Senate](/source/Iowa_Senate) representing the [15th district](/source/Iowa_Senate%2C_District_15) (then composed of [Marion County, Iowa](/source/Marion_County%2C_Iowa) and [Monroe County, Iowa](/source/Monroe_County%2C_Iowa)).<ref name="il"/>

[Nathan E. Kendall](/source/Nathan_E._Kendall) read law under Perry and the two remained lifelong friends.<ref>{{cite news|title=T.B. Perry Passes Away|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56988746/tb-perry-passes-away/ |access-date=February 19, 2018|work=[Des Moines Register](/source/Des_Moines_Register) |location=Albia, Iowa |date=May 24, 1921|page=4|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He married Minerva Allison in 1854 and, with her, had two children.<ref name="il"/> After his first wife's death, he remarried, to Amanda Craig. With her, he had three children.<ref name="il"/> Among his grandchildren was [J. Harvey Littrell](/source/J._Harvey_Littrell).

==See also==
* [T.B. Perry House](/source/T.B._Perry_House)

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Category:1833 births
Category:1921 deaths
Category:People from Albia, Iowa
Category:Politicians from Cincinnati
Category:Iowa lawyers
Category:Democratic Party Iowa state senators
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:19th-century American educators
Category:Schoolteachers from Iowa
Category:19th-century members of the Iowa General Assembly

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