IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934 BIOGRAPHIES ELECTIVE STATE OFFICIALS MRS. ALEX MILLER (OLA BABCOCK), WASHINGTON. - Secretary of State, was born in Washington county, Iowa; daughter of Nathan L. and Ophelia Smith Babcock, the former a native New Yorker, the latter born in Illinois; wife of Alex Miller, editor of Washington Democrat, newspaper correspondent, lecturer, and democratic candidate for governor of Iowa in 1926; mother of three children; the son, Joseph, died in infancy; Ophelia (Mrs. George Gallup), lives in New Rochelle, New York; Barbara (Mrs. Edward Benson), in New York City. She was elected in public schools, Washington Academy, and Iowa Wesleyan College; taught in public schools before marriage; active in civic and club work, and the suffrage movement. Was Iowa president, and national president, of the P. E. O. Sisterhood; member of the Methodist church, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of Union Veterans, Business and Professional Women's Club. Elected secretary of state in 1932. A democrat. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/) IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: _http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/_ (http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/)