John Powell Irish (1843–1923) was a Democratic party political leader in the U.S states of Iowa and California, as well as a landowner in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region of California. He was well regarded as a fiery and influential public speaker, and an opponent of prejudice against Japanese, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, women's suffrage, labor unions, and prohibition.
John Powell Irish (1843–1923) was a Democratic party political leader in the U.S states of Iowa and California, as well as a landowner in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region of California. He was well regarded as a fiery and influential public speaker, and an opponent of prejudice against Japanese, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, women's suffrage, labor unions, and prohibition.
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