Eldo T. Ridgway Explained

Eldo Ridgway
Office:Mayor of Elkhorn
Term Start:1928
Term End:1934
State:Wisconsin
State Senate1:Wisconsin
District1:22nd
Term Start1:1921
Term End1:1925
Predecessor1:Lawrence E. Cunningham
Successor1:George W. Hull
Birth Name:Eldo T. Ridgway
Birth Date:17 December 1880
Birth Place:Knox, Indiana, U.S.
Death Date:October 12, 1955 (aged 74)
Death Place:Lebanon, Illinois, U.S.
Party:Republican
Website:Official bio

Eldo T. Ridgway (December 17, 1880  - October 12, 1955) was an American physician and politician.

Born in Knox, Indiana, Ridgway received his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 1906. He started his medical practice in Wautoma, Wisconsin and then moved to Elkhorn, Wisconsin in 1912. Ridgway served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1921 to 1925 and was a Republican. From 1928 to 1934, Ridgway served as mayor of Elkhorn. He also served on the board of education and the Elkhorn City Power and Light Commission. Ridgway moved to California in 1944, but later returned and reopen his medical practice. He died in Lebanon, Illinois.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1923,' Biographical Sketch of Eldo T. Ridgway, pg. 612-613
  2. 'Former Elkhorn Mayor Is Dead-Dr. E. T. Ridgway. Long Prominent In Civic Life,' Janesville Daily Gazette, October 12, 1955, pg. 1, 2