John Whitcome Reynolds Jr. (April 4, 1921January 6, 2002) was the
36th Governor of Wisconsin
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(1963–1965) and served 21 years as a
United States district judge
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in the
Eastern District of Wisconsin (1965–1986). A
Democrat, he previously served as the 34th
Attorney General of Wisconsin
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(1959–1963).
His father,
John W. Reynolds Sr.
John Whitcome Reynolds Sr., (October 1, 1876 – February 4, 1958) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 26th Attorney General of Wisconsin from 1927 to 1933. He was elected as a Republican.
Biography
Reynolds was born in Ja ...
, was the 26th Attorney General of Wisconsin; his grandfather,
Thomas Reynolds, 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.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms ...
.
Early life
John W. Reynolds Jr. was born April 4, 1921, in
Green Bay,
Wisconsin
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