John Strange (Wisconsin politician)
- John Strange (Wisconsin politician)
John Strange (1852–1923) was a Wisconsin politician and businessman. He was born in Oakfield, Wisconsin in 1852, where he worked in various woodenware factories; as a young man he attempted various professions, including schoolteacher while travelling across the Midwestern United States. In 1899, he moved to Neenah, Wisconsin and established a sawmill in the nearby town of Menasha. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin in 1908, and served one term, from 1909 until 1911. After his term ended, he carried out a career in business; when he died in 1923, he was president of the John Strange Paper Company, the John Strange Pail Company and the Stevens Point Pup and Paper Company, as well as the director of R. McMillian Company.
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*cite web |url=http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/05bb/695-743.pdf |title=Wisconsin Constitutional Officers; Lieutenant Governors |accessmonthday=October 8 |accessyear=2007 |year=2005 |month=July |format=PDF |work=State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2005–2006 |publisher=Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |pages=31
*cite web |url=http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/subcategory.asp?linksubcatid=2085&linkcatid=2042&linkid=1070&locid=126 |title=John Strange |accessmonthday=October 8 |accessyear=2007 |work=Office of the Lieutenant Governor
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NAME = Strange, John
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Businessman, politician, teacher; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
DATE OF BIRTH = 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH = Oakfield, Wisconsin, United States
DATE OF DEATH = 1923
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