A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 Bio of Henry E. Sampson Part 2: The public schools of Audubon County were the medium through which Henry E. Sampson, of this review, gained his preliminary education, and until he was twenty years of age he gave his full quota of aid in the sturdy activities of the home farm. He attended the high school at Audubon, driving back and forth nine miles each week, and graduated in 1898 as valedictorian of the class. In carrying his studies along higher academic lines he availed himself of the advantages of Cornell College at Mount Vernon, and from this representative Iowa institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1902. It was here that he held membership in the Star Literary Society and took part in oratorical contests. In 1902-03 he took post graduate work in political science and law at the University of Iowa, at Iowa City. In 1903-04 he finished a course in the University of Chicago, receiving in 1904 the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. In 1905 he graduated from the Law School of the University of Chicago, with the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence. Upon examination in 1905 he was admitted to the bar of his native state and established himself at once in the practice of his profession at Des Moines. Here in that same year, 1905, he formed a partnership with Sidney J. Dillon, then of Chicago, and this professional alliance has continued during the long intervening years without change of members, the while it has long controlled a large and representative law business of important order. Mr. Sampson has given special attention to insurance and corporation law, and is general counsel for several insurance companies. Mr. Sampson has been general counsel of the Iowa Manufacturers Association for the past fourteen years, during which time he has been actively interested in the development of the industrial activities of Iowa, believing that only in this way can Iowa become the great agricultural and industrial state to which it is destined, a successful industry making markets for farm produce and raw material and a prosperous agriculture making cash buyers for manufactured products. As such general counsel he has made an exhaustive study of taxation matters as they affect the business interests of the state. In 1916 Mr. Sampson was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United Sates, before which court he successfully argued the constitutionality of the Iowa Workman's Compensation Act. In 1911, Mr. Sampson was appointed assistant attorney general of Iowa by George Cosson, then attorney general, and continued to serve the state in that capacity for six years. During this administration there was a most active campaign of law enforcement, and for several years Mr. Sampson was Mr. Cosson's right hand man in the prosecution of vice. Being in hearty sympathy with the policies and work of Mr. Cosson, he was, as assistant attorney general, ever active in helping bring about a vigorous and at the same time a judicious enforcement of all Iowa laws. The public service which he rendered was highly satisfactory to the public in the enforcement of anti-trust laws enacted to protect the customer, in placing insurance matters upon a better basis, in con testing the validity of certain bridge patents under which Iowa taxpayers were wrongfully required to pay exorbitant royalties, in then prosecution and removal of malefactors in public office, in helping to place county affairs upon a more businesslike basis and in the handling of other important matters entrusted to his care. Twenty-eight derelict public officials were removed, and no removal suit instituted by Mr. Sampson was lost, some defendants resigning to avoid removal by the court. Mr. Sampson presented to the courts a great variety of criminal and civil cases, and assisted Mr. Cosson in the preparation and trial of a number of important cases in the Supreme Court of the State and also of the United States, most of them involving constitutional questions. As attorney for the Industrial Commissioner, as special counsel for the insurance department, and for the State Highway Commission, Mr. Sampson became thoroughly familiar with the inside workings of the administration of state government, especially as it effects the commercial and business interests of the State of Iowa. To be Continued. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219619459x1201345309/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62)