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Douglas County
Wisconsin

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Douglas County


Index to Locations

  • Superior Unknown location
  • Superior Greenwood Cemetery
  • Superior Riverside Cemetery


    Unknown Location
    Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin
    Politicians buried here:
      Claude Zeth Luse (1879-1932) — of Wisconsin. Born in Stoughton, Dane County, Wis., February 23, 1879. U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1921. Died May 28, 1932 (age 53 years, 95 days). Interment somewhere.


    Greenwood Cemetery
    Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin
    Politicians buried here:
      Irvine Luther Lenroot (1869-1949) — also known as Irvine L. Lenroot — of Superior, Douglas County, Wis. Born in Superior, Douglas County, Wis., January 31, 1869. Son of Lars Lenroot and Fredrica Lenroot. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Douglas County 1st District, 1901-07; Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1903-07; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1908; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 11th District, 1909-18; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1918-27; Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1929-41. Congregationalist. Swedish ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., January 26, 1949 (age 79 years, 361 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Lars Lenroot and Fredrica Lenroot; married to Clara Clough; married 1943 to Eleanore Von Eltz; uncle of Arthur Alvin Lenroot, Jr..
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Books about Irvine L. Lenroot: Herbert F. Margulies, Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin: A political biography, 1900-1929
      Thomas J. Anderson (1855-1930) — also known as T. J. Anderson — of Minnesota. Born near Winchester, Winnebago County, Wis., December 5, 1855. Son of John Anderson and Juliane Anderson. Prohibition candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1916. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Foxboro, Douglas County, Wis., April 25, 1930 (age 74 years, 141 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Anderson and Juliane Anderson; father of Lula Anderson (who married Henrik Shipstead).
      Thomas Byron Murray (1938-1998) — also known as Thomas B. Murray — of Superior, Douglas County, Wis. Born May 12, 1938. Democrat. Police officer; member of Wisconsin state assembly 73rd District, 1973-81. Died, in St. Mary's Medical Center, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn., January 6, 1998 (age 59 years, 239 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.


    Riverside Cemetery
    Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin
    Politicians buried here:
      Lawrence M. Hagen (1904-1992) — of Superior, Douglas County, Wis. Born in Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wis., April 4, 1904. Republican. Machinist; railroad worker; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Douglas County 2nd District, 1953-58; defeated, 1958. Norwegian ancestry. Died June 8, 1992 (age 88 years, 65 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, February 14, 1974, to Hazel Florence Sanderson (born 1902).


     

     


     
       
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