Casper D. Waller (May 20, 1892 – March 6, 1959) was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...

Biography

Waller was born on May 20, 1892, in

Hixton, Wisconsin Hixton is a village in Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Trempealeau River. The population was 456 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Hixton. History The community was started by John L. Hicks, wh ...

. He graduated from the

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a Private university, private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which gr ...

in 1914 and resided in

Black River Falls, Wisconsin Black River Falls is a city in Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The population was 3,523 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is located along the Black River (Wisconsin), Black River and home to the h ...

, where he worked as a salesman. He died of a heart attack in Black River Falls in 1959.

Career

Waller was a member of the Assembly during the 1943, 1945, 1947 and 1949 sessions. Previously, he had been Register of Deeds of

Jackson County, Wisconsin Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,145. Its county seat is Black River Falls. Jackson County was formed from Crawford County in 1853. It was named for President Andr ...

from 1936 to 1942. He was affiliated with the

Wisconsin Progressive Party The Wisconsin Progressive Party (1934–1946) was a political third party that briefly held a major role in Wisconsin politics under the two sons of the late Robert M. La Follette. It was on the political left wing, and it sometimes cooperated wit ...

. Waller also worked as a

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...

for the Republican Party.

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* People from Black River Falls, Wisconsin Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin Progressives (1924) Artists from Wisconsin 20th-century American artists American cartoonists School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni 1892 births 1959 deaths People from Jackson County, Wisconsin 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Progressive1924-stub