Luman Hamlin Weller
Luman Weller | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | Nathaniel C. Deering |
| Succeeded by | William E. Fuller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 24, 1833 Bridgewater, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | March 2, 1914 (aged 80) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S |
| Political party | Greenback |
| Other political affiliations | People's (1890–1914) |
Luman Hamlin Weller (August 24, 1833 – March 2, 1914) was a United States Greenback Party member. In the 1880s, he served a single term in the United States House of Representatives as a representative of Iowa's 4th congressional district, then in rural northeastern Iowa. Once elected, he became nationally known as "Calamity" Weller, and did not win re-election. He later went on to become one of the leading Populists in Iowa.