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John Strange (Wisconsin politician)

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Governor
  
Name
  
John Strange

Resting place
  
Oak Hill Cemetery

Profession
  
MerchantPolitician

Succeeded by
  
Political party
  
Party
  
Preceded by
  
Role
  
Wisconsin politician


Born
  
June 21, 1852OakfieldFond du Lac CountyWisconsin, U.S. (
1852-06-21
)

Spouse(s)
  
Mary Margaret McGregor Strange

Children
  
Katherine Strange McMillanEthel M. Strange McLaughlinHugh McGregor StrangeJohn Paul Strange

Died
  
May 28, 1923, Neenah, Wisconsin, United States

Parents
  
Martha Dixon Strange, Thomas Strange

John Strange (June 27, 1852 – May 28, 1923) was an American politician and businessman and served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.

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Early life

Strange was born in Oakfield, Wisconsin on June 27, 1852. As a boy, he attended the district schools part of the year and worked in various woodenware factories for part of the year.

Career

After attending Beloit College, Strange was a schoolteacher in Rock County, Wisconsin, and Clinton County, Iowa, until 1871; then he was a grocery clerk in Minneapolis. He worked in powder, flour, and woodware mills and built and sold the first store in Dale, Outagamie County. He also managed a retail lumber yard for two years in Iowa.

In 1899, Strange moved to Neenah, Wisconsin and established a sawmill in the nearby town of Menasha. He was elected the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin in 1908, and served one term, from 1909 until 1911.

After his term ended, Strange carried out a career in business; he was president of the John Strange Paper Company, the John Strange Pail Company and the Stevens Point Pulp and Paper Company, as well as the director of R. McMillian Company.

During World War I, Strange, who was a supporter of Prohibition, gave a speech denouncing Wisconsin's German brewers and linking them to the USA's wartime enemies, saying, "the worst of all our German enemies, the most treacherous, the most menacing, are Pabst, Schlitz, Blatz and Miller."

Death

Strange died unexpectedly on May 28, 1923 in Neenah, Wisconsin when he dropped dead while giving a speech at a Rotary dinner. He is interred at Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wisconsin.

Family life

The son of Thomas and Martha Dixon Strange, he married Mary Margaret McGregor on July 11, 1876 and they had two daughters, Katherine Strange McMillan and Ethel M. Strange McLaughlin; and two sons, Hugh McGregor Strange and John Paul Strange.

References

John Strange (Wisconsin politician) Wikipedia


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