Eugene Hahn Explained

Eugene Hahn
State:Wisconsin
State Assembly:Wisconsin
District:47th
Term Start:1991
Term End:2009
Preceded:Robert Thompson
Succeeded:Keith Ripp
Party:Republican
Birth Date:21 July 1929
Birth Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Profession:Politician, farmer
Residence:Springvale, Columbia County, Wisconsin

Eugene H. Hahn (born July 21, 1929) is a Wisconsin politician.[1]

Hahn was born in Milwaukee but was raised in the Town of Springvale, near Cambria, Wisconsin. He graduated from Cambria High School and attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences from 1947 to 1948. He married Lorraine Eleanor Closs (1931–2021) in 1949.[2] He worked as a farmer for most of his life.[3]

Hahn first became involved in politics in 1957, when he was elected assessor for the Town of Springvale. He served as assessor until 1961. In 1972, Hahn was elected to the Board of Supervisors for Columbia County, where he served until 1991. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1990 and served there until his retirement in 2008.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Columbia County GOP chair resigns after OWI with kids in car . Wisc News . 6 August 2011 . 3 October 2018.
  2. News: Hahns to Celebrate 50th Anniversary . Wisconsin State Journal . June 13, 1999 . Madison, WI . 60 . Newspapers.com. November 6, 2021.
  3. Web site: Members of State Legislature . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721075329/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/pdf/A46-48(p.51).pdf . dead . 21 July 2011 . Members of State Legislature . Wisconsin Gov . 3 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Members of State Legislature . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721075329/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/pdf/A46-48(p.51).pdf . dead . 21 July 2011 . Members of State Legislature . Wisconsin Gov . 3 October 2018.