Donald Gettings

Donald Gettings
Member of the Iowa Senate
In office January 10, 1983 – January 10, 1999
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
In office May 31, 1977 – January 9, 1983
Personal details
Born	Donald Edward Gettings (1923-11-21)November 21, 1923 Wapello County, Iowa, United States
Died	June 13, 2011(2011-06-13) (aged 87) Ottumwa, Iowa, United States
Political party	Democratic

Donald E. Gettings (November 21, 1923 – June 13, 2011) was an American politician from the state of Iowa.[1]

Education and career

Gettings was born in Wapello County, Iowa in 1923 and graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1942. He served as a Democrat in both the Iowa House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983, and in the Iowa Senate from 1983 to 1999.[2]

Death

Gettings died in Ottumwa in 2011. He was interred in Shaul Cemetery in Ottumwa, Iowa.[3]

References

1. Iowa Legislative Services Agency. "State Representative and State Senator". Retrieved 28 July 2018.
2. "Donald E. Gettings oral history interview, October 6, 1981 | The University of Iowa Libraries". digital.lib.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
3. "Donald Edward Gettings (1923–2011)". Find A Grave. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by Mattie Harper	90th district 1977–1983	Succeeded by Robert Skow
Iowa Senate
Preceded by Julia Gentleman	33rd district 1983–1993	Succeeded by William Palmer
Preceded by Derryl McLaren	47th district 1993–1999	Succeeded by David Miller