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Politician Writers in Wisconsin

Oscar Ameringer — of Wisconsin. Born in Germany. Socialist. Editor; Social Democratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1914; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Wisconsin, 1920. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Heinrich Bartel — of Wisconsin. Born in Germany. Socialist. Editor; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Wisconsin, 1920. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.   John Bowman Chapple (1899-1989) — also known as John B. Chapple — of Wisconsin. Born in 1899. Newspaper editor; author; poet; historian; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1932 (Republican), 1938 (Independent Townsend Republican); Independent candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1960. Died in 1989 (age about 90 years). Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery, Ashland, Wis.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial William A. Freehoff (1889-1950) — of Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wis. Born near La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wis., December 27, 1889. Republican. Farmer; insurance business; writer; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1921-24; member of Wisconsin state senate 33rd District, 1939-46. German ancestry. Died in Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wis., January 22, 1950 (age 60 years, 26 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Henry Freehoff and Louisa (Meyer) Freehoff; married, August 15, 1916, to Ruth Florence Williams.   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940   Roger Sherman Hoar (1887-1963) — also known as Roger S. Hoar; Ralph Milne Farley — of Concord, Middlesex County, Mass.; South Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Waltham, Middlesex County, Mass., April 8, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1911; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1916; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; author; cartoonist; inventor. Died in South Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., October 10, 1963 (age 76 years, 185 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Caroline Prescott (Wood) Hoar and Sherman Hoar; married, June 25, 1913, to Elva Stuart Pease; grandson of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar; grandnephew of George Frisbie Hoar; great-grandson of Samuel Hoar; second great-grandson of Roger Sherman; first cousin once removed of Rockwood Hoar; first cousin twice removed of Roger Sherman Baldwin, Sherman Day and William Maxwell Evarts; second cousin once removed of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Maxwell Evarts and Arthur Outram Sherman; third cousin of Edward Baldwin Whitney and Henry de Forest Baldwin; third cousin once removed of Archibald Cox; fourth cousin of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and John Frederick Addis; fourth cousin once removed of John Adams Dix and John Stanley Addis.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article   Fiction by Roger Sherman Hoar: The Radio Gun Runners — The Radio Flyers — The Radio Man — The Radio Planet — The Radio Menace — The Radio Man Returns — The Radio Man — The Immortals — The Danger From The Deep — The Golden City — The Radio Beasts — Eric of Atzalan — The Radio Pirates — The Radio Minds   Klarenc Wade Mak (1861-1930) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wis. Born in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, 1861. Physician; poet; author; lecturer. Advocate of phonetic spelling. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 31, 1930 (age about 68 years). Burial location unknown.   Louis Bernard Nagler (1871-1947) — also known as Louis B. Nagler — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., February 28, 1871. Republican. Journalist; author; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1940. German ancestry. Died of prostate cancer, in Polk County, Wis., May 8, 1947 (age 76 years, 69 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, East Farmington, Wis.   Relatives: Son of Louis J. Nagler and Catherine (Schottmuller) Nagler; married, June 20, 1912, to Ellen Torelle.   John McClelland Work (1869-1961) — also known as John M. Work — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Washington County, Iowa, January 3, 1869. Socialist. Lawyer; lecturer; writer; candidate for mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, 1902; candidate for Governor of Iowa, 1910; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1914; editorial page editor for the Socialist Milwaukee Leader newspaper, 1917-42; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1925; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin. Died in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wis., January 5, 1961 (age 92 years, 2 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of John H. Work and Roseanna (McClelland) Work; married, June 24, 1896, to Lucy Josephine Hoisington.   See also Wikipedia article

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