Larry N. Larson
Larry N. Larson (December 29, 1935 – October 22, 2025[1]) was an American politician.
Larry Larson was born in Spring Valley, Minnesota, to parents Guy and Esther Larson on 29 December 1935. He attended Hampton Grade School, and graduated from Ames High School in Ames, Iowa, in 1954. Larson then was a student at Iowa State University for the next four years, where he completed a bachelor's degree. Following his college graduation, Larson served in the United States Army for three years. In 1961, Larson opened a grocery store. He won election to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1970, and was seated as a Democratic legislator from District 34.[2] Larson contested the 1972 and 1974 elections as a Democratic candidate for District 42, losing both times to Reid W. Crawford.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Larry N. Larson Obituary". Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ↑ "Larry N. Larson". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ↑ "Crawford: Larson ineffective". Ames Daily Tribune. 4 November 1972. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ↑ "Vote canvass brings no changes here". Ames Daily Tribune. 13 November 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- 1935 births
- 2025 deaths
- United States Army soldiers
- Military personnel from Ames, Iowa
- American grocers
- Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
- Ames High School alumni
- Iowa State University alumni
- People from Spring Valley, Minnesota
- Politicians from Ames, Iowa
- Candidates in the 1972 United States elections
- Candidates in the 1974 United States elections
- 20th-century members of the Iowa General Assembly