Kapp Erasmus Rasmussen (October 17, 1860 – September 22, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician. Rasmussen was born in

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and emigrated to the

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in 1867. He eventually settled in

Rice Lake, Wisconsin Rice Lake is a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, Barron County in northwest Wisconsin, United States, on the shore of Rice Lake (Barron County, Wisconsin), the lake with the same name. The city is a commercial and tourist center for the surround ...

. He studied law and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1884. He served as the Rice Lake City Attorney. Rasmussen served in the

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from 1899 to 1903 and was a Republican. Rasmussen died from heart problems in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.'Former Assemblyman from Rice Lake Dies in Bed,' Wisconsin State Journal, September 23, 1927, 8

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* 1860 births 1927 deaths Danish emigrants to the United States People from Rice Lake, Wisconsin Wisconsin lawyers 19th-century American lawyers Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1860s-stub