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Physician Politicians in Wisconsin
including Surgeons and Osteopaths


  Gerhard Adolph Bading (1870-1946) — also known as Gerhard A. Bading — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., August 31, 1870. Son of John Bading and Dorothea (Ehlers) Bading. Physician; mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., 1912-16; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1922-29. Lutheran. Member, American Medical Association; American Legion; American Public Health Association. Died in Milwaukee Hospital, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., April 11, 1946 (age 75 years, 223 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
  Relatives: Married, December 15, 1895, to Carol Royal Clemmer.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Steven Kagen (b. 1949) — also known as Steve Kagen — of Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis. Born in Appleton, Outagamie County, Wis., December 12, 1949. Democrat. Physician; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 2008. Jewish. Still living as of 2009.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Alexander Stuart McDill (1822-1875) — also known as Alexander S. McDill — of Plover, Portage County, Wis. Born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., March 18, 1822. Republican. Physician; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1862; member of Wisconsin state senate, 1863-64; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1864; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1873-75. Died November 12, 1875 (age 53 years, 239 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John J. Mertens (born c.1870) — of Lebanon, Potter County, S.Dak.; Hoven, Potter County, S.Dak.; Gettysburg, Potter County, S.Dak. Born in Wisconsin, about 1870. Physician; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 40th District, 1909-12; member of South Dakota state senate 36th District, 1921-24. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Vespasian Smith (1818-1897) — of Superior, Douglas County, Wis.; Bayfield, Bayfield County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn. Born in Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, October 21, 1818. Democrat. Physician; mayor of Duluth, Minn., 1873-74; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1876-79. Member, Freemasons. Died in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn., October 11, 1897 (age 78 years, 355 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1846 to Charlotte E. Neely.
  Warren Hugh Twining (b. 1875) — also known as W. H. Twining — of Aspen, Pitkin County, Colo. Born in Wisconsin, 1875. Democrat. Physician; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1925-34; Speaker of the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1933-34; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1936, 1940. Burial location unknown.

 

 


 
   
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