Bernard F. Mathiowetz (February 11, 1902 – January 17, 1997) was an American politician. Born in

Sleepy Eye, Minnesota Sleepy Eye is a small city in rural Brown County, Minnesota, Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The city is named after a famed local Dakota (tribe), Dakota chief from the 1800s. The population was 3,599 at the 2010 United States Census, ...

, his family refused to let him go to high school. Mathiowetz left home and worked on the

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. In 1922, Mathiowetz graduated from Ashland High School in

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while still working for the Soo Line. He then went to Northland College. He financed his own high school and college education, and in 1924 he was elected as the youngest member of the

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to date. He was a Republican. After his term ended, Mathiowetz received his law degree from

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and then practiced law in

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. Mathiowetz died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.1997 Wisconsin Joint Resolution 114-Bernard F. Mathiowetz
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1902 births 1997 deaths People from Sleepy Eye, Minnesota People from Ashland, Wisconsin Politicians from Milwaukee Northland College (Wisconsin) alumni University of Wisconsin Law School alumni Wisconsin lawyers Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Lawyers from Milwaukee 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1900s-stub