Donald Gettings
Member of the Iowa Senate
In office
January 10, 1983 – January 10, 1999
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
In office
May 31, 1977 – January 9, 1983
Personal details
Born
Donald Edward Gettings

(1923-11-21)November 21, 1923
Wapello County, Iowa, United States
DiedJune 13, 2011(2011-06-13) (aged 87)
Ottumwa, Iowa, United States
Political partyDemocratic

Donald E. Gettings (November 21, 1923 – June 13, 2011) was an American politician from the state of Iowa.[1]

Education and career

Gettings was born in Wapello County, Iowa in 1923 and graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1942. He served as a Democrat in both the Iowa House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983, and in the Iowa Senate from 1983 to 1999.[2]

Death

Gettings died in Ottumwa in 2011. He was interred in Shaul Cemetery in Ottumwa, Iowa.[3]

References

  1. ^ Iowa Legislative Services Agency. "State Representative and State Senator". Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Donald E. Gettings oral history interview, October 6, 1981 | The University of Iowa Libraries". digital.lib.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  3. ^ "Donald Edward Gettings (1923–2011)". Find A Grave. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
Iowa House of Representatives Preceded byMattie Harper 90th district 1977–1983 Succeeded byRobert Skow Iowa Senate Preceded byJulia Gentleman 33rd district 1983–1993 Succeeded byWilliam Palmer Preceded byDerryl McLaren 47th district 1993–1999 Succeeded byDavid Miller


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