Arthur Lenroot Jr. Explained

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.

Biography

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lawrence Kestenbaum . Index to Politicians: Lenahan to Leonad . The Political Graveyard . 2011-04-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20110514011345/http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html. 14 May 2011 . live.
  2. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&entity=WI.WIBlueBk1950.p0052&id=WI.WIBlueBk1950&isize=M Wisconsin Blue Book, 1950
  3. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1950, Biographical Sketch of Arthur A. Lenroot Jr., p. 30
  4. http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1997/related/proposals/sjr29 1997 Wisconsin Joint Resolution 29 – Arthur Lenroot Jr.