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Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper (July 21, 1896 – September 4, 1971), was an American politician and member of the Republican Party, first elected to statewide office in Iowa as lieutenant governor, serving from 1939 to 1943 and then as the 29th Governor of Iowa from 1943 to 1945.
Bourke Hickenlooper, known to his constituents as “Hick,” represented Iowa in the U.S. Senate from 1945 to 1969. During his 24 years of Senate service, Hickenlooper chaired the Republican Policy Committee and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, and served as ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, recorded interview by Pat Holt, July 30, 1964, (page number), John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program. Subject(s) Advice and counsel to the President
Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper. Bipartisan Congressional Leadership meeting on Vietnam, Cabinet Room, White House, Washington DC, 7/27/1965. Photo # a941-33 by Yoichi Okamoto.
Creator: Bourke B. Hickenlooper . Interviewer: Pat M. Holt. Date of Interview: July 30, 1964 . Place of Interview: Washington, D.C. Length: 70 pages . Biographical Note . Hickenlooper was the U.S. Senator from Iowa from 1945 through 1969 and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In this interview Hickenlooper discusses
Bourke Blakemore HICKENLOOPER, Congress, IA (1896-1971) Senate Years of Service: 1945-1969. Party: Republican. HICKENLOOPER Bourke Blakemore , a Senator from Iowa; born in Blockton, Taylor County, Iowa, July 21, 1896; attended the public schools and Iowa State College at Ames until April 1917, when he enrolled in the officer's training camp at ...
BOURKE BLAKEMORE HICKENLOOPER, Iowa’s twenty-ninth governor, was born in Blockton, Iowa on July 21, 1896. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1919, earned his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1922, was admitted to the bar in 1922, and then established his legal practice in Cedar Rapids.