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Politician members in Wisconsin

Andrew John Biemiller (1906-1982) — also known as Andrew J. Biemiller — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, July 23, 1906. College instructor; Socialist Party educational director for Milwaukee, 1933-36; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Milwaukee County 2nd District, 1937-42; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1945-47, 1949-51; defeated (Democratic), 1946, 1950, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948, 1952 (alternate). Quaker. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Eagles; Elks; Delta Kappa Epsilon; American Federation of Teachers. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., April 3, 1982 (age 75 years, 254 days). Interment at Ellicott Family Cemetery, Ellicott City, Md.   Relatives: Son of Andrew Frederick Biemiller and Pearl (Weaver) Biemiller; married, December 20, 1929, to Hannah Perot Morris.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940   Wilbur Joseph Cohen (1913-1987) — also known as Wilbur J. Cohen — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., June 10, 1913. U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-69. Jewish. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Common Cause. Leading expert on Social Security. Died in a hotel room in Seoul, South Korea, May 17, 1987 (age 73 years, 341 days). Interment at Garden of Memories Cemetery, Kerrville, Tex.   Relatives: Married, April 8, 1938, to Eloise Bittel.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert William Kastenmeier (1924-2015) — also known as Robert W. Kastenmeier — of Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wis. Born in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wis., January 24, 1924. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; state court judge in Wisconsin, 1955-58; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1959-91; defeated, 1956, 1990. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Died in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., March 20, 2015 (age 91 years, 55 days). Burial location unknown.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Wayne Lyman Morse (1900-1974) — also known as Wayne L. Morse — of Eugene, Lane County, Ore. Born in Verona, Dane County, Wis., October 20, 1900. Lawyer; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1945-69; defeated (Democratic), 1968, 1972; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1952; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1955; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1964. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Americans for Democratic Action. Was actively engaged in campaigning for U.S. Senate when he died, in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., July 22, 1974 (age 73 years, 275 days). Interment at Rest Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, Ore.   Relatives: Son of Wilbur Frank Morse and Jessie F. (White) Morse; married, June 18, 1924, to Mildred Martha Downie; second cousin four times removed of James Doolittle Wooster; second cousin five times removed of Oliver Ellsworth; third cousin twice removed of Henry Stark Culver; third cousin thrice removed of Martin Olds.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The Wayne L. Morse U.S. Courthouse, in Eugene, Oregon, is named for him.   Campaign slogan (1960): "The candidate who votes the way he talks."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about Wayne Morse: Mason Drukman, Wayne Morse : A Political Biography   William Proxmire (1915-2005) — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Lake Forest, Lake County, Ill., November 11, 1915. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Dane County 2nd District, 1951-52; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1952, 1954, 1956 (Democratic); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1952 (member, Credentials Committee); U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1957-89. United Church of Christ. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Chi Psi. Died, from Alzheimer's disease, in Sykesville, Carroll County, Md., December 15, 2005 (age 90 years, 34 days). Interment at Lake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Theodore Stanley Proxmire and Adele (Flanigan) Proxmire; married 1946 to Elsie Rockefeller (third cousin of John Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop Paul Rockefeller); married 1956 to Ellen Hodges Sawall.   Political family: Rockefeller family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial

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