Samuel Squires | |
Office: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
Termstart: | 1942 |
Termend: | 1948 |
Birth Date: | September 27, 1882 |
Death Date: | July 25, 1967 (aged 84) |
Birth Place: | Iowa |
Rank: | Captain |
Battles: | World War I |
Party: | Republican |
Samuel E. Squires (September 27, 1882 – July 25, 1967) was an American politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Squires was born in Iowa.[1] [2] During World War I, he served in the United States Army, achieving the rank of captain.
Squires was a Republican.[3] He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1942 to 1948. During his career as an assemblyman, he was a member of a group of northern Wisconsin legislators known as the "Woodchoppers," who favored reintroducing bounties on wolves and other predators.[4] In addition to serving in the Assembly, he was town chairman of Mason, Wisconsin and a member of the Bayfield County Board.