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Richland County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Richland County

Index to Locations Richland Center Richland Center Cemetery Richland Center Cemetery Richland Center, Richland County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here: Vernon Wallace Thomson (1905-1988) — also known as Vernon W. Thomson — of Richland Center, Richland County, Wis. Born in Richland Center, Richland County, Wis., November 5, 1905. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Richland County, 1935-50; Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1939-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1936 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1940 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1952 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker), 1956; mayor of Richland Center, Wis., 1944-50; Wisconsin state attorney general, 1951-57; Republican Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1952; Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59; defeated, 1958; Republican Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1956 (voted for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon); U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1961-74; defeated, 1974. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Chi Phi; Moose. Died in Washington, D.C., April 2, 1988 (age 82 years, 149 days). Interment at Richland Center Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Alva A. Thomson and Ella M. (Wallace) Thomson; married, June 6, 1936, to Helen Davis.   Cross-reference: John R. Petrus   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 Levi Horace Bancroft (1860-1948) — also known as Levi H. Bancroft — of Richland Center, Richland County, Wis. Born in Bear Valley, Sauk County, Wis., December 23, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; Richland County District Attorney, 1886-88; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896 (alternate), 1900, 1932 (alternate); member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1907-10; Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1909-10; Wisconsin state attorney general, 1911-13; circuit judge in Wisconsin 5th Circuit, 1920-22; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1927-32. Member, Freemasons. Died September 5, 1948 (age 87 years, 257 days). Interment at Richland Center Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Isaac Bancroft and Helen M. (Randolph) Bancroft; married, June 11, 1890, to Mary Myrtle DeLap.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Library of Congress

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