Clarence A. Lamoreux Explained

Clarence A. Lamoreux
State:Wisconsin
State Senate:Wisconsin
District:12th
Term Start:January 4, 1897
Term End:January 7, 1901
Predecessor:Neal Brown
Successor:William O'Neil
Party:Republican
Birth Date:5 October 1860
Birth Place:Portage County, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Place:Ashland County, Wisconsin, U.S.
Restingplace:Mount Hope Cemetery,
Profession:Lawyer, judge

Clarence A. Lamoreux (September 20, 1860December 5, 1945) was an American lawyer, judge, and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the 12th Senate district during the 1897 and 1899 sessions.

Biography

Born in Portage County, Wisconsin, Lamoreux lived in Dodge County, Wisconsin from 1861 until 1880. He then moved to Cumberland, Wisconsin in 1880. He was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1881. Lamoreux was the editor of the Cumberland Herald newspaper from 1881 to 1884. He also served as postmaster for Cumberland, Wisconsin. Lamoreux moved to Ashland, Wisconsin and continued to practice law. From 1897 to 1901, Clarence Lamoreux served in the Wisconsin State Senate and was a Republican. Lamoreux also served as the Ashland County judge. Lamoreux died in a hospital in Ashland, Wisconsin from a heart ailment.[1] [2]

Personal life and family

Clarence Lamoreux is a son of Martin Van Buren Lamoreux and his first wife, Mary Jane ( Higgins). Silas W. Lamoreux and Oliver Lamoreux were brothers of Martin Lamoreux.

Clarence Lamoreux married twice. He married Isabelle Lawrence in 1881. With Isabelle Lawrence, he had one son, Lawrence A. Lamoreux, who also went on to serve in the Wisconsin Assembly. Isabelle Lawrence died in 1926, and Clarence then married Hariet A. Duerr in 1928.

Notes and References

  1. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1899,' Biographical Sketch of Clarence A. Lamoreux, pg. 755
  2. 'Ashland Attorney Dies Last Night,' Ironwood Daily Globe, December 6, 1945, pg. 1