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Protestant Politicians in Wisconsin
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Roy Whitney Atkinson (1894-1962) — also known as Roy Atkinson — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Hertel, Burnett County, Wis., September 26, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; coal miner; CIO Regional Director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1944 (member, Credentials Committee), 1948 (member, Credentials Committee), 1952. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles. Died August 31, 1962 (age 67 years, 339 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, Wash.   Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Atkinson and Nora (Whitney) Atkinson; married to Bertha Lee Catlett.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Roland Ellsworth Harry Kannenberg (1907-1983) — also known as Roland E. Kannenberg — of Wausau, Marathon County, Wis.; Mercer, Iron County, Wis. Born in Kenosha County, Wis., September 25, 1907. Member of Wisconsin state senate 25th District, 1935-38; defeated, 1938 (Progressive, 25th District), 1956 (Democratic, 12th District); Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1952. Protestant. Member, Kiwanis. Died, of cancer, in University Hospital, Madison, Dane County, Wis., November 15, 1983 (age 76 years, 51 days). Interment at Mercer Cemetery, Mercer, Wis.   Relatives: Brother of John Kannenberg; father of Gloria Coates and Natalie Kannenberg Tackett.   Political family: Kannenberg family of Wausau, Wisconsin. Warren Perley Knowles (1908-1993) — also known as Warren P. Knowles — of New Richmond, St. Croix County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in River Falls, Pierce County, Wis., August 19, 1908. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state senate 10th District, 1941-54; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1955-59, 1961-63; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1957; Governor of Wisconsin, 1965-71. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Kiwanis. Suffered a heart attack at the end of a day of fishing, during the annual "Governor's Open" fishing tournament, and died soon after at Black River Memorial Hospital, Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wis., May 1, 1993 (age 84 years, 255 days). His body was donated to the Medical College of Wisconsin.   Relatives: Brother of Robert P. Knowles; married 1943 to Dorothy C. Guidry.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1954 Robert Marion LaFollette Jr. (1895-1953) — also known as Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Madison, Dane County, Wis., February 6, 1895. Wisconsin Republican state chair, 1925; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1925-47; defeated in Republican primary, 1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1928 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1932. Protestant. Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in the bathroom of his home, in Washington, D.C., February 24, 1953 (age 58 years, 18 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.   Relatives: Son of Robert Marion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette; brother of Philip Fox LaFollette; married, September 17, 1930, to Rachel Wilson Young; father of Bronson Cutting LaFollette.   Political family: LaFollette family of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.: Roger T. Johnson, Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. and the Decline of the Progressive Party in Wisconsin — Bernard A. Weisberger, The LaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in Progressive America — Patrick J. Maney, Young Bob : A Biography of Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940   Amy Georgia MacHale (b. 1892) — also known as Amy MacHale — of Shelby, Toole County, Mont. Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis., February 22, 1892. Republican. School teacher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1948. Female. Protestant. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Patrick Richard MacHale.   John Howard McLean (1860-1933) — also known as John H. McLean — of Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Mich.; Ironwood, Gogebic County, Mich. Born in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wis., June 6, 1860. Republican. Mining and railroad executive; founder of Iron Mountain Press newspaper; Dickinson County Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1904. Catholic; later Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of a stroke, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 6, 1933 (age 72 years, 334 days). Interment at Fort Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Wis.   Relatives: Nephew by marriage of Nelson W. Fisk.   Francis Everett Yerly (1901-1968) — also known as Everett Yerly — of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wis. Born in Braidwood, Will County, Ill., September 16, 1901. Republican. Member of Wisconsin Republican State Central Committee, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948, 1960, 1964; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin. Protestant. Member, Elks; Eagles; Freemasons; Rotary; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in October, 1968 (age 67 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.

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