Aaron Vale Blackford

Aaron Vale Blackford (December 18, 1871 – August 31, 1948) was an American politician from Iowa.

Life Aaron Vale Blackford was born to John Blackford and his wife, the former Nancy Atland on December 18, 1871. He graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1897, became a teacher for two years, and then went into business with his brother, selling farming equipment and cars in Bonaparte. Blackford was also a farmer and vice president of the Bonaparte State Bank.

A thirty-second degree Freemason associated with the Order of the Eastern Star and Knights Templar, Blackford was politically active as well. He served as a school board member in Bonaparte for two decades. Subsequently, he was elected to the first of two terms in the Iowa House of Representatives in 1926. He represented District 2 as a Republican legislator. He won election to the Iowa Senate in 1928 and held the Senate's 2nd district seat until 1933. He died on August 31, 1948, in Bonaparte.