Eugene Henry "Gene" Blanshan (born December 16, 1948) is an American politician who served in the
Iowa House of Representatives from the 88th district from 1983 to 1993.
Personal life
Blanshan was born in
Boone, Iowa, the son of Harold Irwin Blanshan (1916-2001) and Gladys Mildred Rueter Blanshan (1919-2004). His parents had married on April 20, 1941 in
Grand Junction, Iowa
Grand Junction is a city in Greene County, Iowa, United States. The population was 725 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
Grand Junction took its name from its position at the junction of the Keokuk and Des Moines and the Chicago and Northwe ...
. His father served in the United States Army Air Force during
World War II.
Blanshan graduated from Morningside College in
Sioux City, Iowa. He is a descendant of
Louis DuBois (Huguenot)
Louis Du Bois (21 October 1626 – 1696) was a Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the town of New Paltz, New York. These Protestant refugees fled Catholic persecution in France, emigratin ...
and the
Hasbrouck family
The Hasbrouck family was an early immigrant family to Ulster County, New York, and helped found New Paltz, New York. The Hasbrouck family were French Huguenots who fled persecution in France by moving to Germany, and then the United States. ...
.
References
1948 births
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
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