Lucas DeKoster
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 1st district
In office
January 11, 1971 – January 9, 1983
Preceded byWilson Lloyd Davis
Succeeded byMilo Colton
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 49th district
In office
January 9, 1967 – January 10, 1971
Preceded byH. Kenneth Nurse
Succeeded byGene W. Glenn
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 50th district
In office
January 11, 1965 – January 8, 1967
Preceded byDonald G. Beneke
Succeeded byWilson Lloyd Davis
Personal details
Born
Lucas James DeKoster

(1918-06-18)June 18, 1918
Hull, Iowa
DiedFebruary 23, 2000(2000-02-23) (aged 81)
Hull, Iowa
Political partyRepublican

Lucas James DeKoster (June 18, 1918 – February 23, 2000) was an American politician who served in the Iowa Senate from 1965 to 1983.

He was born to parents John and Sarah Katherine DeKoster in Hull, Iowa, on June 18, 1918. After graduating from Hull High School in his hometown, DeKoster successively attended Kansas State College and Iowa State College, completing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1939. He was a designer of jet-propulsion engines for the aeronautical industry and worked in New Jersey, Virginia and Ohio. While an Ohio resident, DeKoster studied at the Cleveland–Marshall College of Law. Upon passing the Iowa bar exam in June 1952, DeKoster returned to Hull and practiced general and patent law.[1][2]

DeKoster won election to the Iowa Senate for the first time in 1964, as a Republican legislator representing District 50. He subsequently served a four-year term for District 49 starting in 1967, and thereafter held the District 1 seat until stepping down in 1983.[1] In 1970, he was a Republican candidate for floor leader of the senate.[3] Ten years after stepping down from the state senate, DeKoster served on the Iowa Senate Ethics Committee.[2]

DeKoster married Dorothea LaVonne Hymans in 1942, with whom he raised five children. He died in Hull on February 23, 2000, aged 81.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lucas James DeKoster". Legis.iowa.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Dreeszen, Dave (February 9, 1992). "Probe calls DeKoster back to service". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Legislative leaders dropping out". Oelwein Daily Register. November 2, 1970. Retrieved June 13, 2022.


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