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Edward Dithmar

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Edward Dithmar
23rd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
In office
January 4, 1915 – January 3, 1921
GovernorEmanuel Philipp
Preceded byThomas Morris
Succeeded byGeorge Comings
Personal details
Born
Edward Dithmar

(1873-01-31)January 31, 1873
Reedsburg, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedSeptember 22, 1938(1938-09-22) (aged 65)
Baraboo, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseEmily A. (Upham) Dithmar
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
ProfessionLawyer
Politician

Edward Frederick Dithmar (January 31, 1873 – September 22, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician from Wisconsin. He served as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.

Early life

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Dithmar was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin in 1873, the son of Rudolph E. Dithmar and Fredericka (Dargel) Dithmar. He attended Reedsburg Area High School[1] and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1894.[2] He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1899. He began the practice of law in Baraboo.[3]

Political career

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He held many political positions in Wisconsin, and began his political career as a messenger in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1889. Dithmar served as a court clerk in Sauk County from 1894 until 1900,[4] and as register of probate in Baraboo.[2] He was chairman of the Sauk County Republican committee for four years and served as vice-chairman of the Wisconsin State Central Committee during the 1910 campaign.[1] He served as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin for three terms, from 1915 until 1921, under Governor Emanuel L. Philipp.[5] He ran for the United States Senate in 1925 and for Governor of Wisconsin in 1928; he was unsuccessful in both elections.

He died in 1938 in Baraboo, Wisconsin.[6][7]

Family life

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Dithmar married Emily A. Upham in 1910.[8] They had two children, Edward Upham Dithmar and John Upham Dithmar.[9] They had a third child, Mary Eleanor Dithmar, in 1921.

References

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  1. ^ a b Paul F. Hunter, ed. (1919). The Wisconsin Blue Book 1919. Madison: Democrat Printing Company. p. 451.
  2. ^ a b Thwaites, Reuben Gold (1900). The University of Wisconsin: Its History and Its Alumni. Madison, Wis.: J. N. Purcell. p. 804.
  3. ^ Harry Ellsworth Cole, ed. (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County Wisconsin, Volume 2. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1010–1011.
  4. ^ Harry Ellsworth Cole, ed. (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County Wisconsin, Volume 1. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. p. 237.
  5. ^ Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, ed. (1987). State of Wisconsin 1987-1988 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration. p. 704.
  6. ^ Industrial Commission of Wisconsin (comp.). The Wisconsin Blue Book 1915. Madison: Democrat Printing Co., 1915, p. 484.
  7. ^ "Edward F. Dithmar Obituary". Wisconsin State Journal, September 22, 1938.
  8. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1917
  9. ^ Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, ed. (1917). The Wisconsin Blue Book 1917. Madison: Democrat Printing Company. p. 500.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
1914, 1916, 1918
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
1915–1921
Succeeded by