Donald Hayworth (January 13, 1898 – February 25, 1982) was a politician from the

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. Hayworth was born in

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, and attended a country school in

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, and high school in New Sharon, Iowa. He graduated from

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in 1918. During the

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, he served as a private in the

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. He earned an

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from the

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in 1921 and a

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from the

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in 1929. He worked as a teacher in Oskaloosa High School in

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, 1921–1923 and was a professor at Penn College in Oskaloosa, 1923-1927. He then became a professor at the

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, 1928–1937, and at

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, 1937-1963. He was in charge of the

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at the

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, in 1942 and 1943 and in charge of relations with the States on fuel conservation for the Department of the Interior, 1944-1946. He was the owner of the Plastics Manufacturing Co., 1950–1963 In 1952, Hayworth was an unsuccessful candidate of the

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for election to the

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from

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, losing to

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Kit F. Clardy. In 1954, Hayworth defeated the incumbent Clardy for election to the 84th Congress, serving from January 3, 1955 to January 3, 1957. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956, losing in the general election to Republican Charles E. Chamberlain. He was the Democratic Party candidate in 1958 and 1962, losing both times to Chamberlain. Hayworth became a consultant, with the Department of Agriculture, 1963–1964, and with the

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, 1965-1967. He was a member of

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and was a resident of

, until his death there. Hayworth's body was donated to the

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Donald Hayworth
at The Political Graveyard {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayworth, Donald 1898 births 1982 deaths University of Chicago alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Grinnell College alumni University of Akron faculty Michigan State University faculty William Penn University faculty Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan People from Toledo, Iowa People from Oskaloosa, Iowa People from Mahaska County, Iowa 20th-century American politicians