10 Facts About Joel Heatwole

Joel Prescott Heatwole was a US House Representative from Minnesota.

Joel Heatwole attended the public schools, and learned the printer's trade.

Joel Heatwole left that vocation and was employed by the Millersburg local newspaper in 1876 and afterward became editor and proprietor.

Joel Heatwole moved to Minnesota in 1882 and settled in Glencoe.

Joel Heatwole was a delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1886 and 1888; elected secretary of the Republican State central committee in 1886 and 1888 and served as chairman in 1890; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888.

Joel Heatwole was appointed a member of the Board of Regents of the State University in 1890.

Joel Heatwole was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the 53rd Congress, but was elected mayor of Northfield in 1894.

Joel Heatwole was elected as a Republican to the 54th, 55th, 56th, and 57th Congresses,.

Joel Heatwole served as chairman of the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics.

Joel Heatwole was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1908 and died in Northfield, Minnesota, aged 53, and interred in Oaklawn Cemetery there.