OVERVIEW:
BORN:
December 23, 1876
Avoca, Iowa
DIED:
June 17, 1928 (age 51)
Des Moines, Iowa
EDUCATION:
Highland Park College
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
Democrat
HIGHLIGHTS:
1894-1902
General Manager, Farmer’s Tribune
1902
Established Successful Farming
1914:
Candidate for U.S. Senate
1915-1925:
Director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1916:
Candidate for Iowa Governor
1920-1923:
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
1924:
Established Fruit, Garden, and Home (renamed Better Homes and Gardens)
RESOURCES:
Biographical Dictionary of Iowa
Miller Center
Edwin T. Meredith: A Memorial Volume
Wikipedia