Arthur Lenroot Jr. | |
State: | Wisconsin |
State Senate: | Wisconsin |
District: | 11th |
Term Start: | January 1947 |
Term End: | January 1955 |
Predecessor: | Elmer Peterson |
Successor: | Richard J. Zaborski |
State Assembly1: | Wisconsin |
District1: | Douglas 2nd |
Term Start1: | January 1943 |
Term End1: | January 1947 |
Predecessor1: | Elmer Peterson |
Successor1: | Charles E. Nelson |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 18 February 1912 |
Birth Place: | Superior, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis |
Spouse: | Ethel |
Relatives: | Irvine Lenroot (uncle) |
Arthur Alvin Lenroot Jr. (February 18, 1912July 8, 1997) was a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 11th district from 1947 to 1955.[1] [2] He was a nephew of Irvine Lenroot, who served as a United States senator and congressman from Wisconsin.
He was born in Superior, Wisconsin, and went to University of St. Thomas and University of Wisconsin–Superior. He worked for a railroad and an oil company and was an abstractor and involved in conservation and the tourism industry. Lenroot also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1942 and 1944 and was a delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention.[2] According to the Wisconsin Blue Book, he was elected in 1946 and re-elected in 1950, but was defeated in 1954 by Democrat Carl Lauri. He died in Santa Rosa, California.[3] [4]