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{{Short description|American politician}}
'''Joseph Dysart''' (July 8, 1820 – September 8, 1893) was an [[United States|American]] farmer and politician.

Born in [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania]], Dysart moved to Iowa and eventually settled in the community of [[Dysart, Iowa]], which was named after him.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Tama County, Iowa: Together with Sketches of Their Towns, Villages and Townships|url=https://archive.org/details/historyoftamacou00unio|year=1883|publisher=Union publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyoftamacou00unio/page/663 663]}}</ref> Dysart was a farmer; he served in the [[Iowa State Senate]] from 1861 to 861 and from 1870 to 1874. He was elected [[Lieutenant Governor of Iowa]] in 1873. He died in Dysart, Iowa.<ref>[https://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislatorslegislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears.aspx?PIDpersonID=50034945 Joseph Dysart, Iowa General Assembly]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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