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1941-01-03 |
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| Name | John E. Cashman |
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Denmark, Wisconsin , United States |
| Email | None |
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November 18, 1865
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| Died | June 04, 1946
(80 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Farms and lives on the land in Kewaunee County that his father purchased from the government. He was born in the town of Franklin, was educated in the public schools, Valparaiso University, and the Chicago Law School. After teaching in Kewaunee and Brown Counties he became an inspector for the United States Bureau of Animal Industry at Chicago in 1901. From 1903 to 1919 he served in the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue and then returned to the farm. Senator Cashman was one of the La Follette delegates to the National Republican Convention at Cleveland in 1924. He served as a regent of the University for six years. He was elected to the state senate in 1922 and has served continuously ever since except for an interim of two years, 1939 to 1941, when he ran the second time for Congress, being defeated in 1936 by only 583 votes. He is the author of much outstanding legislation including the present highway law, the fifteen cent tax on oleomargarine and other butter substitutes, and the farm woodlot law.
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