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Lawyer Politicians in Wisconsin, T-V

  Isaac Smith Tallmadge (1824-1882) — also known as Isaac S. Tallmadge — of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wis. Born in Dutchess County, N.Y., May 31, 1824. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1853-54. Injured when he was run over by a horsedrawn cart; the wound in his back became an infected abscess, and he died as a result, in Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., May 27, 1882 (age 57 years, 361 days). Interment somewhere in Fond du Lac, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge and Abigail Lewis (Smith) Tallmadge; married, December 7, 1847, to Cornelia Ruggles; nephew of Joel Tallmadge Jr.; grandnephew of James Tallmadge; first cousin once removed of Matthias Burnett Tallmadge and James Tallmadge Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Tallmadge; second cousin of John James Tallmadge and Daniel Webster Tallmadge; second cousin once removed of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge; third cousin once removed of Millard Ellsworth Lane.
  Political family: Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Robert E. Tehan Robert E. Tehan (b. 1905) — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., January 7, 1905. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1937-42; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1940; member of Wisconsin state senate 9th District, 1943-50; Wisconsin Democratic state chair, 1945; member of Democratic National Committee from Wisconsin, 1949. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James C. Tehan and Mary J. (Ryan) Tehan; married, February 28, 1930, to Louise Feltes.
  Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940
  Horace Addison Tenney (1820-1906) — also known as Horace A. Tenney — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Grand Isle, Grand Isle County, Vt., February 22, 1820. Lawyer; village president of Madison, Wisconsin, 1853-54; candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1878. Died March 13, 1906 (age 86 years, 19 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Sylvia (Kent) Tenney and Daniel Tenney; married, December 5, 1843, to Juliette P. Chaney; first cousin once removed of Asa Tenney; second cousin of Abner Bailey White Tenney; third cousin once removed of Asa Wentworth Tenney and William Richards Castle; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Tenney and William Richards Castle Jr..
  Political family: Tenney family.
  Donald Edgar Tewes (1916-2012) — also known as Donald E. Tewes — of Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wis. Born in Merrill, Lincoln County, Wis., August 4, 1916. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; president, Tewes Plastics Corporation; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1957-59; defeated, 1958, 1960. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Kiwanis. Died in Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wis., August 29, 2012 (age 96 years, 25 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Herman F. Tewes and Mabel (Rickman) Tewes; married, August 17, 1946, to Mabel Torhorst.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Lewis D. Thill Lewis Dominic Thill (1903-1975) — also known as Lewis D. Thill — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., October 18, 1903. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1939-43; defeated, 1942, 1944. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., May 6, 1975 (age 71 years, 200 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Holy Cross Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940
  Alfred Delavan Thomas (1837-1896) — of Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak. Born near Delavan, Walworth County, Wis., August 11, 1837. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for North Dakota, 1890-96; died in office 1896. Died in Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak., August 8, 1896 (age 58 years, 363 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
  Carl William Thompson (1914-2002) — also known as Carl W. Thompson — of Stoughton, Dane County, Wis. Born in Washington, D.C., March 15, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1947; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1948, 1950; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1953-59 (Dane County 2nd District 1953-54, Dane County 4th District 1955-59); member of Democratic National Committee from Wisconsin, 1954; member of Wisconsin state senate 16th District, 1959-84. Died September 19, 2002 (age 88 years, 188 days). Burial location unknown.
  George Thompson (1918-1982) — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wis., July 6, 1918. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; La Crosse County District Attorney, 1955-61; Wisconsin state attorney general, 1963-65; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1964. Died in Wilbraham, Hampden County, Mass., November 11, 1982 (age 64 years, 128 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Tommy George Thompson (b. 1941) — also known as Tommy G. Thompson — of Elroy, Juneau County, Wis.; Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Elroy, Juneau County, Wis., November 19, 1941. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1967-86; Governor of Wisconsin, 1987-2001; U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2001-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 2004, 2008; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2008; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 2012. Catholic. Member, Freemasons; Moose. Still living as of 2019.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
Vernon W. Thomson 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; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59; defeated, 1958; 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, Richland Center, Wis.
  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
  Lawrence W. Timmerman (b. 1910) — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., June 1, 1910. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Milwaukee County 5th District, 1955-60. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society. Burial location unknown.
  John Reynard Todd (c.1868-1945) — also known as John R. Todd — of Summit, Union County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Johnstown, Rock County, Wis., about 1868. Republican. Lawyer; president of the Todd Robertson Todd construction and engineering firm; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928, 1932, 1940. Member, Union League. Died, of a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 12, 1945 (age about 77 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. James Doeg Todd and Susan (Webster) Todd; married to Alice Peck Bray; father of Webster Bray Todd; grandfather of Webster Bray Todd Jr. and Christine Todd Whitman.
  Political family: Todd-Whitman family of New Jersey.
  Eugene A. Toepel (b. 1916) — of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wis. Born in Bangor, La Crosse County, Wis., July 29, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from La Crosse County 2nd District, 1953-57; resigned 1957; La Crosse County Judge, 1957. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  William F. Trinke (1897-1982) — of Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wis. Born in Wisconsin, January 25, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Wisconsin state senate 22nd District; elected 1948, 1952, 1956. Member, American Legion. Died September 25, 1982 (age 85 years, 243 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lake Geneva, Wis.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alfred Tweedy (1880-1967) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Noroton, Darien, Fairfield County, Conn.; Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., February 24, 1880. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Connecticut, 1930; member of Connecticut state senate 26th District, 1945-46. Died in November, 1967 (age 87 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Fisher Tweedy and Alice (Belcher) Tweedy; grandson of John Hubbard Tweedy; grandnephew of Edgar S. Tweedy; great-grandson of Samuel Tweedy; great-grandnephew of Smith Tweedy; first cousin once removed of John Tweedy; second cousin four times removed of Charles Endicott; third cousin thrice removed of Eugene Frances Endicott.
  Political family: Tweedy family.
  William Simon U'Ren (1859-1949) — also known as W. S. U'Ren — of Milwaukie, Clackamas County, Ore. Born in Lancaster, Grant County, Wis., January 10, 1859. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1897-98; Independent candidate for Governor of Oregon, 1914. Cornish ancestry. Died, from pneumonia, in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., March 8, 1949 (age 90 years, 57 days). Entombed at Wilhelm's Portland Memorial, Portland, Ore.; memorial monument at Clackamas County Courthouse Grounds, Oregon City, Ore.
  Relatives: Son of William Richard U'Ren and Frances Jane (Ivey) U'Ren; married 1901 to Mary Beharrell.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  John Byron Van Hollen (b. 1966) — also known as J. B. Van Hollen — of Waunakee, Dane County, Wis. Born in Chetek, Barron County, Wis., February 19, 1966. Republican. Lawyer; Wisconsin state attorney general, 2007-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 2008. Still living as of 2012.
  Relatives: Son of John C. Van Hollen.
  See also Wikipedia article
William F. Vilas William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908) — also known as William F. Vilas — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Chelsea, Orange County, Vt., July 9, 1840. Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1876, 1880, 1884; member of Democratic National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1885; U.S. Postmaster General, 1885-88; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1888-89; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1891-97. Died in Madison, Dane County, Wis., August 28, 1908 (age 68 years, 50 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
  Vilas County, Wis. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)
  Aad J. Vinje (1857-1929) — of Superior, Douglas County, Wis. Born in Voss, Norway, November 10, 1857. Lawyer; circuit judge in Wisconsin 11th Circuit, 1896-1910; justice of Wisconsin state supreme court, 1910-29; appointed 1910; died in office 1929; chief justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1922-29; died in office 1929. Norwegian ancestry. Died March 23, 1929 (age 71 years, 133 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Alice Miller.
  Edward Voigt (1873-1934) — of Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wis. Born in Bremen, Germany, December 1, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; Sheboygan County District Attorney, 1905-11; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1917-27; circuit judge in Wisconsin 4th Circuit, 1929-34; died in office 1934. Died near Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wis., August 26, 1934 (age 60 years, 268 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
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